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Advisory Board (Conservative Party)
The Advisory Board is the name given to a group of individuals that have donated significant sums to the British Conservative Party, typically in excess of £250,000. By February 2022 members of the board had donated £22 million to the party. Members are asked for their opinions on government polices and regularly meet with government ministers including Prime Minister Boris Johnson. History The advisory board was created and developed by Ben Elliot, the chief fundraiser and co-chairman of the Conservative Party. The idea for the advisory board is believed to have originated with either the former chief executive of the Conservative Party Mick Davis, or the party's former treasurer Ehud Sheleg. ''The Times'' wrote that under Theresa May's leadership of the party " ... donors, especially wealthy Eurosceptics, had felt sidelined, their proposals ignored at the top of government" and that with the election of Johnson as leader " ... it was time to bring them back into the fold. By form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubov Chernukhin
Lubov Chernukhin (née Golubeva; born 12 November 1972) is a former investment banker born in the USSR. She is the largest female political donor in British history having donated over £2 million to the Conservative Party. Chernukhin writes columns for Reaction.life. Biography Chernukhin left the USSR for the USA as a teenager. She was educated on the U.S. East Coast, receiving a master’s degree from the NYU Stern School of Business. Chernukhin moved to the UK in 1999. Aside from her philanthropic work, Chernukhin acts as a VC Investor and is listed as a director of UK property firm Capital Construction And Development Ltd. In 2007, she married Vladimir Chernukhin, former deputy minister of finance in Mikhail Kasyanov’s government and former chairman of Russian state development corporation Vnesheconombank. In 2004, Vladimir was forced to flee to the UK from Russia after President Putin dismissed Prime Minister Kasyanov and began campaign of harassment against his asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments. As of December 2021, it has over 10,200 staff, most of whom are civil servants, some of whom work in Whitehall. Staff working in the Prime Minister's Office are part of the Cabinet Office. Responsibilities The Cabinet Office's core functions are: * Supporting collective government, helping to ensure the effective development, coordination and implementation of policy; * Supporting the National Security Council and the Joint Intelligence Organisation, coordinating the government's response to crises and managing the UK's cyber security; * Promoting efficiency and reform across government through innovation, transparency, better procurement and project management, by transforming the delivery of services, and impr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Walters Group
The Robert Walters Group is a British recruitment company that focuses on placing professionals into permanent, contract and temporary positions. The founder and CEO is Robert Walters. Established in 1985, the business has offices in 30 countries. History Established in 1985 by its chief executive officer (CEO), Robert Walters, today, the company operates in 32 countries and locations. Originally established to place accountants in London, the company now recruits across multiple disciplines. In July 1996, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange. A year later in 1997, it set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, Resource Solutions, offering recruitment process outsourcing services. The company acquired Tristar, an Australian recruitment business in 1997 and merged with US staffing company, Staff Mark Inc., in August 1998. The company demerged two years later, re-listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2000, and that same year won Shares magazine's Best IPO Award. In February 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Spencer
Michael Alan Spencer, Baron Spencer of Alresford (born 30 May 1955), sometimes known as "Spens", is a British billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of NEX Group, a UK-based business focused on electronic markets and post-trade business which was acquired by CME Group in November 2018. NEX Group was formerly known as ICAP, until the sale of its voice-broking business to Tullett Prebon in December 2016. Spencer was described in 2018 as the richest self-made person in the City of London and a "City grandee". According to the ''Sunday Times Rich List'' in 2021, he is worth an estimated £1.2 billion. He was awarded a peerage in August 2020 in the Political Honours List. Education Spencer was born in British Malaya. His father was an economist and international civil servant, his mother a linguist. During Spencer's early childhood, his family moved from his birth country to Sudan and then Ethiopia. Aged eight, he was sent to England to board, latterly at Wort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Reuben
James "Jamie" Adam Reuben (born May 1987) is a British businessman, son of billionaire investor David Reuben. Early life James Adam Reuben was born in May 1987, the son of billionaire David Reuben. He was educated at North Bridge House School and studied business at Regent's University London. Career In April 2010, Jamie Reuben's family firm Reuben Brothers bought a stake in Metro Bank and, in October 2011, he was appointed as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors. In February 2015, Reuben resigned from the Board. In 2011, Jamie Reuben, on behalf of Reuben Brothers Limited, was the co-founder along with financier Andrew Danenza of the investment firm Melbury Capital, whose Advisory Board is chaired by David Reuben. In the 2012 London mayor election, Reuben served as chairman of Boris Johnson's re-election campaign committee. Reuben has donated £816,000 to the Conservative Party, and is a member of the party's Advisory Board for significant donors. In May 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Noé
Leopold Noé (born August 1953) is a British multi-millionaire property investor. His net worth is at least £606 million based on the 2021 and 2020 ''Sunday Times Rich List''. ''The Sunday Times Giving List'', published in May 2021, was the twentieth anniversary of the list and for the first time looked at cumulative figures for the last 20 years. Noé appears in the top 30 of all-time givers between 2002 and 2021, with over £100m of charitable donations over that time. Early life Leopold Noé was born in August 1953. He is the son of fellow property developer Salomon Noé (sometimes Solomon Noé, born December 1930). Both of Noé’s parents were in Auschwitz concentration camp before being liberated in 1944 and making their way to London. Career Noé is executive chairman and founder of the Noé Group and latterly non-executive chairman of BMO Real Estate Partners. The Noé Group announced its first deal in December 2017, the sale of the Debenhams department store building in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javad Marandi
Javad Marandi (born February 1968) is a British businessman and property developer, with investments in commercial and residential real estate. Early life He was born in February 1968, in Tehran, Iran. He moved to Britain in 1979, and studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He then qualified as a UK chartered accountant, at Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers). In the 1990s, he worked as a business development manager for the Coca-Cola Company in Central Asia, and the area manager for emerging markets at Phillip Morris international, before starting his own businesses in tobacco distribution, advertising and telecommunications, eventually holding the franchise agreement for McDonalds in Azerbaijan. Investments Property Marandi has invested in numerous luxury establishments within the hospitality sector, including hotels such as Soho Farmhouse, Soho House group's country hotel and club in Oxfordshire, England, Chais Monnet, a 92-room luxury hotel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Kailas
Ravi Shankar Kailas is an Indian entrepreneur. He is chairman of Mytrah Group, a business group in India consisting of Mytrah Energy, an independent renewable energy-producing company, and Mytrah Mobility, an electric vehicle ecosystem company. Career In 1999, Kailas founded Zip Global Network, an independent payphone service provider. The firm designed and manufactured payphones that were assembled with computer components, and installed in major urban areas. In 2002, Kailas co-founded Xius Technologies, a telecommunications software company, and launched the world's first inter-operator prepaid roaming service. The same year, Kailas founded Altius Investment Trust, a real estate financial options company. In 2009, Kailas founded the Mytrah Group. Mytrah Energy, the Group's first venture, owns and operates a renewable energy portfolio of wind and solar assets in seven states in India. Since 2016, the Group has diversified into electric vehicles and deep tech. Kailas advocates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Jones (businessman)
Lawrence Nigel Jones (born 1 August 1968) He is the co-founder and was the CEO of the Manchester-based colocation, dedicated and cloud hosting provider, UKFast. Early life Lawrence Jones was born in Denbigh, North Wales. At 7 years old he won a scholarship to sing and study music at Durham Chorister School before attending Ruthin School School when he was 13 years old. At 16 years he left home and moved to Manchester. Career Jones formed UKFast with his partner Gail in 1999. The cloud hosting and colocation business operates a data centre complex in Trafford Park, Manchester, and has over 350 employees. In 2018, the firm's turnover was £53.9million. In December 2018 Jones sold a 30% stake of UKFast for £205m to private equity firm Inflexion and in May 2020 it was reported in The Financial Times that Jones and his wife "have both now left the business and will no longer have any role in it". In May 2010 Jones joined the board of the Manchester Camerata. He owns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gore (theatre Producer)
John Gore (born 1962) is an twenty-time Tony-winning and Emmy-nominated British entertainment producer, known for his live theatre company the John Gore Organization. Early life and education Gore was educated at Harrow School and graduated in film and theatre from London University in 1987. His student production of Joe Orton's ''What The Butler Saw'' enjoyed a successful professional run at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Gore's producing and/or directing credits on the West End include: ''Thunderbirds F.A.B.'' (produced first in 1989 is currently the most revived show in the history of the West End, returning for a sixth time in 2002); ''Star Trek – the Lost Voyage of the Enterprise''; and ''Wallace & Gromit''. Career Gore founded Key Brand Entertainment (KBE) in 2004 to develop theatrical properties in the United States. Broadway Across America (BAA) was acquired in January 2008, from the music company Live Nation, while the e-commerce theatre website Broadway.com was acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
