Anthony St John

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Anthony St John (Lord St John of Bletso) is a crossbench member of the House of Lords, having joined on the 8 June 1978.

Parliament

• Communications Committee (L), Lords, 2009-14
• Information Committee (L), Lords, 2008-13
• EU Sub-Committee B - Internal Market, Energy and Transport, Lords, 2003-07
• Library and Computers Sub Committee, Lords, 1997-99
• EU Sub-Committee A, Lords, 1996-03

Interests

• Non-executive Director, Albion Ventures VCT (venture capital)
• Director, African Business Solutions Limited (company part-owned by Member; clients are Certification International (assessment and certification of international, national and industry standards); Milio (oil logistics and trading); Contec Global (infrastructure projects in Africa;)
• Non-executive Director, Global Resources Investment Trust
• Member of Board, Strand Hanson Ltd (financial services advisers on natural resources in Africa) (from April 2014)
• Member of Board, Rados International (providers of mining technology solutions) (from April 2014)
• Consultant, American Bank Note Company (New York; engraves and prints stock and bond certificates)
• Adviser on Africa, Sapinda (holding company which invests in public equity, private equity and debt)
• Member of Advisory Board, Silicon Valley Bank
• Adviser, Nieuw World Capital Management (property management solutions providers for non-performing real-estate in America)
• Advisor, Capricorn Capital Group

When asked by the Wall Street Journal about his work with Rados, St John said it is not "in mining per se" but makes technology for mining companies and that his current focus is "more technology than financial services."