Oliver Waghorn

Oliver Waghorn is a former special adviser to Conservative minister Liam Fox when he was secretary of state for defence from 2010 until 2012. He is now a chief lobbyist for Britain's most controversial arms manufacturer BAE Systems.

After scandal forced Fox to resign as minister in 2012,

Waghorn began working as a freelance consultant for corporate communications and public policy. He was later appointed director and head of UK Defence and Security practice at lobbying firm Interel.

In October 2016 Waghorn secured a plum job as head of government relations (external relations and policy) at BAE Systems, not long after prime minister Theresa May had given Fox a new Cabinet position as trade minister.

Background

Prior to becoming a special adviser, Waghorn was based in the House of Commons as a research assistant to Conservative Party MP for Aldershot Gerald Howarth. He served as a research analyst and project manager at Defence Science & Technology Laboratory at the Ministry of Defence from Oct 2006 - Jun 2008.

Through the revolving door: turns lobbyist for big arms traders

Just over a year after going freelance, Waghorn joined Interel Consulting, where, according to his LInkedIn profile he led ' the defence and security practice across the group advising a range of defence, technology and aerospace clients on business critical issues. Over the last three years I have supported major UK, US and European primes including Boeing, Finmeccanica Lockheed Martin, QinetiQ and Babcock

Resources

• Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Political Influence Database, last updated 2016