The advantage of asking for information from the managing director of a private club was that he could provide exactly what Gloriana needed.
The list of names that Director Aperson supplied to Gloriana were not only relevant, but also approachable to someone with her identity.
For example, most of the developers were either members of independent institutions or belonged to neutral groups.
There were doubtlessly more developers in Davute that worked on smart metal products as well, but they might not be willing to engage with the Larkinson Clan due to political or business reasons.
Director Levi Aperson was keenly aware of such relations. Even if few if any of this information was available in the public, his position and his resources allowed him to maintain a constant pulse on what went on at this layer of Davute's society.