Anthony Lindsay Caplin (born 1951 in Southport, Lancashire), a son of Abram Caplin and Vera Doris Benjamin. He is a British company director and former chief operating officer of the United Kingdom's
Conservative Party
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.
In 2009 it was suggested that he should be appointed a peer.
He was appointed to the
Public Works Loan Board The Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) ( cy, Bwrdd Benthyciadau Gwaith Cyhoeddus) was a statutory body of the UK Government that provided loans to public bodies from the National Loans Fund. In 2020, the PWLB was abolished as a statutory organisation, a ...
by the Labour government in 2003 and was made chairman by Prime Minister David Cameron in July 2013. The board is responsible for lending money to
local authorities
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for infrastructure projects and collecting the repayments. He resigned from this position in 2014 after it emerged he had failed to disclose being declared bankrupt in 2012.
Former appointments
Positions that Caplin has previously held include:
*Chairman of
William Clowes Ltd. William Clowes Ltd. is a British printing company founded in London in 1803 by William Clowes. It grew from a small, one press firm to one of the world's largest printing companies in the mid-19th century. The company merged with Caxton Press, oper ...
*Chairman of stockbrokers
Panmure Gordon
Panmure Gordon is a UK based investment bank. It provides a full range of services including investment banking, trading, research and sales with distribution to the UK, Europe and the US. Panmure Gordon has 150 UK listed corporate clients, over 40 ...
, from January 17, 2002 until September 30, 2009
*Board of the
Medical Research Council
*Chair of
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust was an NHS trust that ran Northwick Park Hospital and St Mark's Hospital in Harrow and Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal, London, England. In October 2014, the trust merged with Ealing Hospital NHS Tr ...
until January 2013
*Chair of
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
Ealing Hospital is a district general NHS hospital, part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, located in the Southall district of the London Borough of Ealing, West London, England. It lies on the south side of the Uxbridge Road ...
*Advisor of
ITI Energy Limited
*Non-Executive Chairman of
Energy Technique plc until February 21, 2007
*Acting Chief Executive Officer of
Disenco Energy plc from May 2008 to March 16, 2009, Chairman until March 16, 2009
*Chairman, Director
Durlacher
*Managing Director of
Manchester News Ltd
*President of
Pacific Telesis
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*Chief Executive of
First City GB
*Chief Executive of
Hunterprint plc
*Non-Executive Chairman of
Urban Wimax Limited
*Chairman of
Era plc
*Chairman of
ANT Ltd from October 2002
*Non-executive chairman of
G.S.Technologies Ltd
*Board of
Norprint Ltd
*Board of
Coppice Allupack Ltd
*Non-Executive Chairman of Dynamic Commercial Finance plc until August 2004
*Chairman of
iRevolution Group plc since July 27, 2000
*Chairman of
Totally plc
*Chairman of
Financial Development Corporation plc
*Chairman of
Alternative Networks plc from January 18, 2010 to May 18, 2012
*Non-Executive Chairman of
Gladstone plc from July 11, 2005 to June 30, 2006
*Deputy Chairman of
Northamber plc until December 17, 2010
*Director of
Edengame
*Director of
Jasmin plc
*Director of
Ultramind plc
*Non-Executive Director of
Hand Picked Hotels
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Ltd
*Director on the Advisory Panel of
Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP
*Chairman of the
European Electronic Messaging Association
*Non-Executive Director of
Vaccinogen
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Inc
*Director of
Alternative Networks plc from April 2001 to May 16, 2012
*Independent Non-Executive Director of
Endeavors plc (alternate name
Tadpole Technology plc) from October 10, 2000 to February 2005.
*Senior independent non-executive director of
Easynet
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The company was later renamed Easynet Global Services, and a sister company, Easynet Connect, was fo ...
Group plc
*Non-executive director of
Dynamic Commercial Finance plc
*Non-executive chairman of
Biscuit Internet Ltd
*Director of
2020Me Holdings Limited
*Director of
IEQ plc
*Director of
Bibliotech Holdings plc
*Director of
Computer Monitoring Services Limited 1984
References
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British businesspeople
Conservative Party (UK) officials
Living people
1951 births