Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 4 Sep 2023.
1. Employment and earnings
Until 25 October 2022, senior adviser to Montrose Associates, 97, Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6JE; strategic consultancy. Remuneration of £9,000 plus
VAT a quarter with an expected time commitment of two days a quarter from 1 May 2018. (Registered 23 October 2014; updated 07 December 2015, 17 May 2018 and 07 November 2022)
From 18 March 2019 until 25 October 2022, adviser providing general business advice to Arch Emerging Partners Ltd, 48 Dover St, London W15 4FF, investment managers. In return for 2.5 days' work, I received £15,000 plus VAT a year, plus commission for introducing any new business. (Registered 01 April 2019; updated 14 August 2019 and 07 November 2022)
From 3 March 2020 until 25 October 2022, senior adviser on African matters to SouthBridge, an investment bank providing pan-African financial and advisory solutions for clients across Africa, of
PCD Tower 11th floor
KN 67 Street, Kigali, Rwanda. Remuneration of £39,600 (which included withholding tax), in return for a commitment of nine days a year. (Registered 09 March 2022; updated 07 November 2022)
From 3 March 2020 until 25 October 2022, senior adviser to Kingsley Capital Partners (a private equity and venture capital firm), 1 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PZ. In addition to the remuneration listed below, I received shares in Equinox International Holdings Ltd amounting to 0.5% at an estimated value of approx. £130,000 ($150,000); and shares in Himalayan Ventures Limited amounting to 0.25% at an estimated maximum value of £12,500. Hours: 8 days a year. (Registered 12 March 2020; updated 20 August 2021, 07 November 2022 and 14 November 2022)
20 August 2021, in addition to those listed above, I received shares in Equinox International Holdings Ltd amounting to 0.5% at an estimated value of approx. £130,000 ($150,000). Hours: none in addition to those listed above. (Registered 20 August 2021; updated 24 December 2021 and 14 November 2022)
From 1 March 2022 until 25 October 2022, I received £12,500 plus VAT each financial quarter. Hours: none in addition to those listed above. (Registered 19 April 2022; updated 07 November 2022)
Payments received from Biteback Publishing, 21 Marina Court, Castle Street, Hull HU1 1TJ, via
AM Heath & Co Ltd, 5 Warwick Court, London WC1R 5DJ, for a book:
23 December 2022, received an interim sales payment of £462.09. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 09 January 2023)
24 August 2022, received £150 from Buxton International Festival, 3 The Square, Buxton SK17 6
KZ, for speaking at the Festival on 22 July 2022. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 01 September 2022)
22 September 2022, received £334.86 from
Guardian News and Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1P 2AP, for an article published on 6 September 2022. Hours: approx. 2 hrs. (Registered 22 September 2022)
From 26 September 2022 until 25 October 2022, a member of the Inquiry Commission into the treatment of Zhanbolat Mamay in the Republic of Kazakhstan. I have taken no fee but these would have been received from Bindmans
LLP, 236 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB. (Registered 06 October 2022; updated 07 November 2022)
14 October 2022, received £150 from Henley Literary Festival, Kings Arms Barn, Henley on Thames RG9 2DG, for speaking at their festival on 5 October 2022. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 14 November 2022)
24 October 2022, received £150 from Isle of Wight Literary Festival, Northwood House, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 8AZ, for speaking at their festival on 9 October 2022. Hours: 1 hrs. (Registered 14 November 2022)
14 November 2022, received £250 from the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, 10 Fairfield Close, Exmouth EX8 2
BN, for speaking at the festival on 17 September 2022. Hours: approx. 2 hrs. (Registered 29 November 2022)
2. (a) Support linked to an
MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Power Minerals
Address of donor: Wrens Court, 46 South Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1QY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Office space provided to my local association between 25 May 2022 and 24 May 2023, of which I had the use. On 1 September 2023, a payment of £3,000 was made to the donor; revised total value £26,103.96
Donor status: company, registration 06715071
(Registered 04 August 2022; updated 01 September 2023)
Name of donor: Heidi Ellis
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to Royal Sutton Coldfield Conservative Association
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 July 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from
UK sources
Name of donor: Suburban Inns Ltd
Address of donor: C/O Baldwins Holdings Ltd, Ventura Park Road, Tamworth B78 3HL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation for three nights for me and a member of staff during the
Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, total value £1,260
Date received: 2-5 October 2022
Date accepted: 2 October 2022
Donor status: company, registration 12528764
(Registered 19 October 2022)
Name of donor: Power Minerals
Address of donor: Wrens Court, 46 South Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1QY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for a
Bruce Springsteen concert at
Aston Villa, value £598
Date received: 16 June 2023
Date accepted: 16 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 06715071
(Registered 22 June 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) Ministry for Business, Tourism and
The Port (2)
British AirwaysAddress of donor: (1)
HM Government of Gibraltar, Suite 971, Europort, Gibraltar GX11 1AA (2) Waterside
PO Box 365, Harmondsworth UB7 0GB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) For me and my spouse, flights £440.14, hotel £350, two dinners £322, total value £1,112.14 (2) For me and my spouse, flight upgrade with a value of £540
Destination of visit: Gibraltar
Dates of visit: 25-27 November 2022
Purpose of visit: To attend the GIBUNCO Gibraltar International Literary Festival 2022.
(Registered 12 December 2022)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
From 20 August 2021, Equinox International Holdings Limited (life sciences), held and managed by Kingsley Capital Partners. (Registered 14 November 2022)
8. Miscellaneous
From 1 October 2017 until 25 October 2022, senior adviser to the African Development Bank, Avenue Lamblin, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. I devoted approximately five days a year to this role and waived the fee, receiving instead a nominal payment of £1 a year. (Registered 24 February 2022; updated 07 November 2022)
On 18 November 2022, Sutton Coldfield Conservative Association accepted a donation of £980 from Nigel Waldron as part of a winning auction bid at its annual dinner. (Registered 14 December 2022)
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