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'''Lord Paddy Gillford''' is the 8th [[Earl of Clanwilliam]].<ref>[http://www.gardantcommunications.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=10 Partners & Associates], accessed 18 March 2011.</ref> He is a lobbyist and former special advisor for the Conservative Party.

:Paddy founded The [[Policy Partnership]] in 1993. He started his business career with [[Hanson]] plc and was seconded from there to the [[Home Office]] to advise the Rt. Hon [[Douglas Hurd]] CBE, then Home Secretary. He returned to Hanson as manager of their public affairs unit before joining one of the UK's leading firms of lobbyists.

:Over the years, Paddy has acted as a consultant to leading companies in the UK and US, such as UPS, [[BT]] and [[Prudential]]. Paddy has worked for companies in emerging markets such as Interros, Sistema and [[Yukos]], and advised governments around the world.

:He is a non-executive Director of [[Polyus Gold]], an international gold mining company and sits on the advisory boards of [[Cedar Partners]], a 'fund of funds', and [[AGM Transitions]], specialists in advising business leaders on how to manage their careers.

:Paddy is active within the Conservative Party and a former councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. He also sits on the Board of Governors of The [[Knightsbridge School]] in London.<ref>Biographical note in the [http://www.policypartnership.com/team/lordgillford.htm Policy Partnership website]</ref>

:He is the non-executive Chairman of [[Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd]], Europe's leading bridge & large steel construction company and chairs the transport committee of the [[London Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>[http://www.ubcc.co.uk/eng/UBCC_Advisory_Council.aspx UBCC Advisory Council] accessed January 2007.</ref>
The Guardian reports:

:Lord 'Paddy' Gillford (45) - Old Etonian lobbyist and field sports enthusiast. Son of [[Earl Clanwilliam]]. Threw £3,500 conference party for [[David Cameron|Cameron]] last year(2005).<ref>David Leigh [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1789371,00.html The donor list] Guardian, 2 June 2006.</ref>

==Bahrain==
In March 2011, ''Private Eye'' reported that Gillford had defended the Bahrtaini government's response to demonstrations in an interview on '''al-Jazeera''':
::He was coyly introduced as a “member of the British House of Lords” who “also advises the [[UK Bahrain All-Party Parliamentary Group]]”. In fact this peer doesn’t actually sit in the Lords. But could he be related to the Paddy Clanwilliam who founded [[Gardant Communications]], a consultancy and lobbying firm which works directly for the Bahraini embassy (see Eye 1283)? Why yes he could!<ref>[http://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=hp_sauce&issue=1284 BUFFING UP BAHRAIN], Private Eye No. 1284, 18 March-31 March 2011.</ref>

==Affiliations==
*[[Ukrainian-British City Club]]

==References==
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