David Harding

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David Harding, Source: Forbes

David Harding is founder of Winton Capital, a quantitative asset management firm. [1]

Britain Stronger in Europe donor

Harding was also one of the biggest individual donors to any EU referendum campaign, pledging £750,000 to Britain Stronger in Europe, the lead 'remain' campaign group in Britain's referendum on European Union membership.

He sits on the board of the campaign group, acting as chair of the finance committee and joint treasurer with Roland Rudd, owner of public relations firm Finsbury. [2]

Donations

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to
11/09/2006 Mr David W Harding £8,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
18/10/2007 Mr David W Harding £8,500.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
02/07/2009 Mr David W Harding £27,600.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
13/11/2009 Mr David W Harding £50,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
26/02/2010 Mr David W Harding £10,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
30/04/2010 Mr David W Harding £50,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
26/10/2010 Mr David W Harding £3,764.98 Conservative and Unionist Party
24/05/2011 Mr David W Harding £52,400.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
22/07/2011 Mr David W Harding £8,500.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
05/10/2011 Mr David W Harding £25,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
23/05/2012 Mr David W Harding £50,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
31/05/2015 Mr David W Harding £100,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
09/06/2014 Mr David W Harding £200,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
07/07/2014 David & Claudia Harding Foundation £15,000.00 Liberal Democrats
15/09/2014 Mr David Harding £35,000.00 Liberal Democrats
29/01/2015 Mr David W Harding £212,500.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
16/04/2015 Mr David Harding £50,000.00 The Campaign for British Influence in Europe
11/06/2015 Mr David W Harding £57,500.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
14/08/2015 Mr David W Harding £10,120.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
22/02/2016 Mr David W Harding £115,000.00 Conservative and Unionist Party
31/03/2016 Mr David W Harding £750,000.00 Britain Stronger in Europe

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Notes

  1. Sarah Gordon, Harriet Agnew, 'Brexit campaigners out-fundraise their Remain rivals', 11 May 2016, Financial Times, accessed 18 May 2016
  2. David Hellier, 'Leading hedge fund manager David Harding campaign to stay in the EU', 12 November 2015, The Guardian, accessed 6 June 2016
  3. Electoral Commission, David Harding Donation Search, accessed 21 June 2016