Jacquie Forde

Jacquie Forde Facebook profile. Screengrab taken 31 October 2013.

Jacquie Forde (DoB 22.09.1962) is an Edinburgh based lobbyist who runs Quorate Public Affairs a small lobbying firm based in Glasgow at the same address as The Wellbeing Alliance, a non profit company of which Forde is also a director.

Forde had previously setup Health Inequalities Alliance, a not for profit company, in 2010 but 'parted ways with her business partner (another story)' and left the Alliance in December 2012 after becoming director of its successor the Wellbeing Alliance and director of the lobby firm Quorate Public Affairs, both of which are based at the same address as the Health Inequalities Alliance at 11-12 Newton Terrace, Glasgow.

Call for probe into health forum link to Big Pharma

On 2nd March 2014 the Sunday Herald reported that Holyrood's Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee had been asked to probe two Cross-Party Groups (Cross-Party Group on Health Inequalities & Cross-Party Group on Chronic Pain) administered by Jacquie Forde of the Wellbeing Alliance because of her links to the pharmaceutical industry. Forde's other firm, Quorate Public Affairs, has the same Glasgow address and was created in the same month as the Wellbeing Alliance. The Sunday Herald reports:

Forde is listed as secretary and treasurer of the CPG on health inequalities and secretary of the chronic pain group.

She is also the sole shareholder of the Wellbeing Alliance, a not-for-profit social enterprise set up in October 2012 which lists its address as Newton Terrace in Glasgow.

Its website describes it as a team, of "public health trained social entrepreneurs who want to make a difference".

Forde's other firm, Quorate Public Affairs, has the same Glasgow address and was created in the same month as the Alliance.

Until recently, Forde's social media profile said of Quorate: "We provide high quality public relations and political lobbying services and our team have decades of experience working in and around the disciplines of Pharma, NHS, Media, Politics and Charities."

The Cross Party Group in Health Inequalities discloses the following in its most recent report:

Voluntary Secretarial Support from Jacquie Forde of The Wellbeing Alliance

Period: September 2011 to March 2013

32 days

Value of this support - My time is voluntary as an individual

Refreshments £401.50 provided by the Health Inequalities Alliance

£141.95 provided by the Wellbeing Alliance

In its March 2013 report, the Cross Party Group on Chronic Pain stated that 'Jacqueline Forde of the Health Inequalities Alliance' was elected unopposed as secretary on May 23 2012. In its subsequent report in June 2013 it notes that:

Secretariat support supplied on a voluntary basis by Jacquie Forde.

The Wellbeing Alliance provided the following resources to the Cross Party Group on Chronic Pain:

• January 23rd 2013 meeting refreshments were sponsored by the Wellbeing Alliance (£32.40)
• March 13th 2013 meeting refreshments were sponsored by the Wellbeing Alliance (£64.40)
• May 29th 2013 meeting refreshments were sponsored by the Wellbeing Alliance (£64.40)

A Parliament spokesman said: "Cross-party groups must comply with the Code of Conduct and declare who provides its secretarial support. Where that support is provided by a consultancy or public affairs firm, the SPPA Committee has the power to require the organisation to disclose its full client list."

In May 2014 Holyrood's Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee concluded that the cross-party groups on health inequalities and chronic pain were found to have broken the rules regarding the secretariat provided by Wellbeing Alliance chief executive Jacquie Forde.

Stewart Stevenson MSP, convener of the Standards Committee, said: "The committee considers that there has been a breach of a rule in the code of conduct. We believe this can be rectified by updating the information these groups must disclose. The secretary of the groups must now make clear her status. If she represents an organisation she must assess the financial value of her support and disclose anything totalling over £500."

Career

• Wellbeing Alliance Chief Executive December 2012 – Present (1 year 4 months) UK
• Quorate Public Affairs Managing Director December 2012 - Present (1 year 4 months) UK
• Stroke Association Scotland Professional Relations Advisor January 2013 - January 2014 (1 year 1 month)
• Health Inequalities Alliance Director March 2011 - December 2012 (1 year 10 months) Scotland
• Sanofi-Aventis Government Affairs Manager August 2006 - March 2011 (4 years 8 months)
• Alchemy Ltd UK Healthcare Consultant September 2005 - August 2006 (1 year)
• Trinity Chiesi Ltd Business Development Manager September 2003 – August 2005 (2 years)
• Biocompatibles/Abbott Vascular Devices Ltd Business Development Manager August 2001 – August 2005 (4 years 1 month)
• Cordis Sales Manager August 1997 – August 2001 (4 years 1 month)
• GlaxoSmithKline Hospital Specialist/Trainer August 1987 – August 1997 (10 years 1 month)
• Roche Pharmaceuticals GP/Hospital Representative September 1986 – September 1987 (1 year 1 month)

Company appointments

Name of Company	Company Number	Position Held	Appointed	Appointment Ends	Outcome
Nth Resource Limited	SC308807	Director	20/09/2006	Present	Active
Quorate Public Affairs	SC434593	Director/Secretary	11/10/2012	Present	Active
Wellbeing Alliance	SC435567	Director	26/10/2012	Present	Active
Health Inequalities Alliance	SC375969	Director	31/03/2010	21/12/2012	Active – Proposal to strike off
Positive Change Works	SC301775	Director	05/05/2006	25/01/2008	Dissolved
Tenacious Women	SC341371	Director	15/04/2008	11/02/10	Dissolved
Quorum Sensing	SC377779	Director	03/02/2010	26/09/2013	Dissolved