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Last updated: 30 Mar 2015.
1. Remunerated directorships
Adam Smith International (including Amphion Group Ltd and Adam Smith Services Ltd) (non-executive), 3 Albert Embankment, London; consultancy and project implementation overseas. Monthly board meeting in central London lasting 2 hours approximately. Occasional e-mail exchanges between meetings. (Updated 11 June 2014)
Monthly ongoing payment of £2,916.66 gross. (Registered 8 September 2009)
1 June 2014, additional payment of £5,512.50 in non-executive fees, in recognition of success of the company during the past year. (Registered 5 June 2014)
Unilever plc (non-executive), 100 Victoria Embankment London. Approximately eight board meetings a year each lasting a morning and afternoon with a dinner the previous evening. Most meetings in London, two or three in
The Netherlands and one elsewhere. Also member of Board Committee, three hours the day before each board meeting. Attendance may be by video conference.
Monthly ongoing payment of £7,166 gross from May 2013. (Updated 24 July 2013)
Alliance Medical Group (non-executive), Princes House, 38 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6DN. Approximately 10 board meetings a year, mainly in London, each lasting around 2-3 hours. Occasional ad hoc meeting.
Monthly ongoing payment of £5,000 gross, from January 2014. (Registered 10 April 2014)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Since 1 July 2012, Chairman of
LEK Advisory Board. Consulting
LLP, 40
Grosvenor Place, London. Advisory Board meeting 4 times a year. Each meeting 4 hours approximately. Occasional advice by e-mail. Occasional speeches and chairing of meetings.
(Updated 24 July 2013)
Quarterly payment of £12,500 gross; 4 hours approximately.
Senior Counsellor, Dragoman, Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia, specialist advisory firm. No regular meetings, communication by email and occasional meetings in London as might be required. Retainer of Australian $12,500 paid every three months.
28 November 2014, received fee of £1,000 from
University of Buckingham,
Hunter Street,
MK18 1EG for speech to
NA Diplomacy and Global Affairs Students at Duke’s Hotel, London on 22
October 2014. Hours: 2 hrs.
(Registered 19 December 2014)
Payments from London Evening Standard, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT:
£500 received for article published 16 June 2014. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 19 December 2014)
£500 received for article published 12 August 2014. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 19 December 2014)
Payments from The Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT:
6 July 2014, £500 received for article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 December 2014)
1 September 2014, £350 received for article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 December 2014)
30 September 2014, £250 received for article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 December 2014)
10 December, 2014, received £270 for article published on 26 November 2014. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 March 2015)
24 December 2014, received £210 for article published on 14 December 2014. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 March 2015)
Payment of £250 received from the Daily Mail, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT for article published on 2 June 2014. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 19 December 2014)
Payment of £462.20 received from Time Magazine,
PO Box 20500, 1001
NM Amsterdam, The Netherlands for article published 3
September 2014. Hours: 2 hrs.
(Registered 19 December 2014)
Payment of £285 from
The Guardian. Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU for article published on 5
March 2014. Hours: 1.5 hrs.
(Registered 24 December 2014)
Payment of £8,000 received from
RBS, 280 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4RB, via Chartwell Worldwide Speakers Bureau, 5-11 Westbourne Grove, London W2 4UA, for a panel conversation on 2 December 2014 at the Savoy Hotel, London. Hours: 4.5 hrs.
(Registered 3 March 2015)
Payment of £4,000 received from J.P. Morgan Cazenove, 60 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0JP, for speaking at the Best of British Conference on 13 November 2014. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 3 March 2015)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: (1) MSC (2) Global Zero Operations
Address of donor: (1) Prinzregentenstraße 7, D-80538 Munich (2) 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 615, Washington DC 20036
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) Return flights to Munich, value flights £676 (2) hotel 3 nights approx £1,000
Destination of visit: Munich Security Conference
Date of visit: 30 January - 2 February 2014
Purpose of visit: To attend Munich Security Conference
(Registered 10 April 2014)
Address of donor: 1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW 7th Floor, Washington DC 20006
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flight £1,986, hotel £1032, total £3,018
Date of visit: 6-8 April 2014
Purpose of visit: Attended Board Meeting in Washington.
(Registered 10 April 2014)
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights £5,105; hotel costs (two nights) £1,260; total £6,365
Destination of visit: Dubai
Date of visit: 8-10
November 2014
Purpose of visit: Participation in summit of
World Economic Forum and chairing sessions
(Registered 19 December 2014)
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