Branch-Heritage Group

an apparently close relationship existed (though denied officially) between the SRC umbrella holding in South Africa and the Branch-Heritage Group, a financial holding registered at the Plaza 107 building in London. In 1993, Executive Outcomes was also registered in England (where the laws against mercenaries were much more lax than in South Africa) with this holding. Branch-Heritage Group's senior director is Anthony Buckingham, a charismatic businessman and also a former SAS veteran known for his behind the scenes influence throughout Africa. Buckingham was at the center of both EO's first big contract in Angola and also Sandline's inception.

Branch-Heritage Group includes a number of mining and oil concerns located around the world, and, not surprising, has investments in almost all the areas where Executive Outcomes has conducted major operations.