Will de Peyer
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Will de Peyer is the co-founder of lobbyists Tendo Consulting and a former special adviser to the chief secretary of the treasury Danny Alexander.[1]
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Background
De Peyer has a background in banking. He has been a Liberal Democrats economic adviser for several years and has previously spoken out in favour of inheritance tax - contradicting Conservative policy - and has opposed Conservative tax breaks for married couples.[2]
Low-key and said by colleagues to be a “good listener who doesn’t try to dominate meetings”, De Peyer started working for the Lib Dems in 2004, staying until 2007 when he left to take a job in banking. He returned to the party in 2009, advising Vince Cable, Lord Oakeshott and Lord Newby on economic policy. Until the 2010 election he wasn’t shy of attacking the Conservative Party: he once tweeted “I’ve never voted Tory,” following this up with “and I never will because they kill kittens (allegedly)”. His Twitter feed is now defunct.
De Peyer worked with Danny Alexander in the Treasury from 2010 to 2015.
History
De Peyer had a number of jobs before working as a special adviser. He worked as a rates manager at Standard Bank Group from 2007 to 2009, and before this as treasury adviser for the Liberal Democrats. De Peyer was a product control analyst at Rabobank the treasury P&L analyst at Citi and the treasury officer at QBE European Operations. [3]
Move to lobbying
After Alexander lost his seat and the Lib Dems lost their place in government, de Peyer and other former spad to Danny Alexander, Peter Carroll, founded Tendo Consulting. Tendo are a lobbying firm who advise 'big businesses on improving their contacts within the Westminster bubble'.[4]
Contact, Resources, Notes
Contact
Twitter: http://twitter.com/willdepeyer (no postings since May 2010)
Notes
- ↑ Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Louise Armistead, "George Osborne's Treasury team - the power behind the coalition government", The Telegraph, 13.05.10, accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Will de Peyer LinkedIn profile, accessed 16 October
- ↑ Mark Leftly Ousted Lib Dem special advisers Peter Carroll and Will de Peyer turn to lobbying Independent, 13 July 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.
