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James Wild is a special adviser (SPaD) to defence secretary Michael Fallon. He was first appointed as a SPaD to Fallon in the when he was business minister in October 2012, and has been with Fallon since.
Wild is a account director for lobbyists Hanover Communciations.
Background
Wild worked at Hanover as an account director from 2009 until 2012, where his clients included BSkyB. [1] His previous roles include working as public affairs manager at T-Mobile, as senior account executive at Politics Direct and as policy officer for business issues at Tory Central Office. [2]
PRWeek reported that he is ‘seen as a real Conservative Party man, and he’s trusted’. The appointment was considered unusual in that non Secretaries of State do not usually take on advisers.[2]
- Understood to be an expert on business policy, Wild has advised media and telecoms clients such as 3 Mobile on political and regulatory issues, advocacy programmes and reputation management. [2]
As a special adviser to Mr Fallon, Wild is paid an annual salary of £60,000. [3]
Meetings with outside interests
In April 2013 Wild had breakfast with an unnamed representative from lobbying firm Edelman. [4]
Edelman's many clients include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Shell, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas and the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).
Affiliations
Resources
See: Fracking Spads
Notes
- ↑ Rajeev Syal, Tory party's News Corp links face fresh scrutiny over lobbyist's role, The Guardian, 14 November 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hanover's James Wild appointed as Michael Fallon's special adviser, PRWeek, 18 October 2012
- ↑ Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014 GOV.UK, accessed 29 April 2015
- ↑ Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 01 APRIL 2013 – 30 JUNE 2013, Hospitality received by Special Advisers, published 25 October 2013, acc 29 October 2013
