John Nash (private equity) - Revision history

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Affiliations

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Education reformer

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−	[[Category:Oxford alumni\|Nash, John]] [[Category:British Politician\|Nash, John]] [[Category:House of Lords\|Nash, John]][[Category:Businesspeople\|Nash, John]][[Category:Education\|Nash, John]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors\|Nash, John]][[Category:Education Industry\|Nash, John]][[Category:Revolving Door\|Nash, John]]	+	[[Category:Oxford alumni\|Nash, John]] [[Category:British Politician\|Nash, John]] [[Category:House of Lords\|Nash, John]][[Category:Businesspeople\|Nash, John]][[Category:Education\|Nash, John]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors\|Nash, John]][[Category:Education Industry\|Nash, John]][[Category:Revolving Door\|Nash, John]][[Category:Education Reformer\|Nash, John]]

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-'''John Nash''' (Lord Nash) is a former venture capitalist and UK education minister.
+{{Template:Health badge}}{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''John Nash''' (Lord Nash) is a former venture capitalist and the UK schools minister.
-Nash is the co-founder of private equity firm [[Sovereign Capital]] and ex-chairman of healthcare provider, [[Care UK]]. [[Sovereign Capital]] invests in companies in the following sectors: 'support services', healthcare, and education.
+He is the co-founder of private equity firm [[Sovereign Capital]] and ex-chairman of healthcare provider, [[Care UK]]. [[Sovereign Capital]] invests in companies in the following sectors: 'support services', healthcare, and education.
 In September 2013, after being appointed to the [[House of Lords]], Nash was made an education minister by [[Michael Gove]], responsible for free schools and academy policy.
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 ==Education reformer==
 John Nash has long had an interest in reforming schools in the UK.
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 [[Pimlico Academy]], which Nash is a governor of; [[Pimlico Primary]]; and [[Millbank Academy]] (a primary school).
-[[Future]] also established The [[Curriculum Centre]] in 2012, which determines and oversees the content of what is taught in Future Academies schools, as well as teacher training.
+His wife [[Caroline Nash]] (Lady Nash) a former stockbroker, is also a trustee of Future, co-chair of governors of Pimlico Academy, and chair of governors at two primary schools in the chain. In May 2016 it emerged that their daughter [[Jo Nash]], who is listed on the parliamentary register as a staff member of the former welfare minister [[Ian Duncan Smith]], also works in an unpaid role at Pimlico Academy. Nash has no teaching qualifications but has on several occasions taught history and is helping draw up a new curriculum, which has sparked concerns from parents and a teachers’ union. <ref> Rajeev Syal, [http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/may/12/unqualified-daughter-of-minister-teaches-in-his-academy-schools Unqualified daughter of minister teaches in his academy schools], The ''Guardian'', 12 May 2015 </ref>
 Future also supports a number of inner city projects for young people:
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 ===Private equity interests in education===
-Nash agreed to step away from all relevant business interests while a Minister. The private equity firm he co-founded, however, has continued to invest in education companies.
+Nash agreed to step away from all relevant business interests while a minister. The private equity firm he co-founded, however, has continued to invest in education companies.
-A third of Sovereign Capital's investments are in the education and training sector. ‘For us, it has been a tremendous sector', says Michael Needley, who leads Sovereign Capital's education team. (See more on [[Sovereign Capital]]).
+A third of Sovereign Capital's investments are in the education and training sector. ‘For us, it has been a tremendous sector', says [[Michael Needley]], who leads Sovereign Capital's education team. (See more on [[Sovereign Capital]]).
 ==Political ladder==
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 Nash and his wife have donated in the region of £300,000 to the Conservative Party.
-In November 2009, John Nash made a donation of £21,000 to then shadow health secretary [[Andrew Lansley]], now Secretary of State for Health. It was controversial thanks to Sovereign Capital's interests in NHS reform and the UK's newly created healthcare market.<ref>Kirsty Walker ,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243579/Andrew-Lansley-embroiled-cash-influence-row-accepting-21-000-donation-Care-UK-chairman-John-Nash.html Tory Health spokesman accepted £21,000 donation from private health firm boss], Daily Mail, 15th January 2010</ref>
+In November 2009, John Nash made a donation of £21,000 to then shadow health secretary [[Andrew Lansley]], who went on to become secretary of state for health after 2010. It was controversial thanks to Sovereign Capital's interests in NHS reform and the UK's newly created healthcare market.<ref>Kirsty Walker ,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243579/Andrew-Lansley-embroiled-cash-influence-row-accepting-21-000-donation-Care-UK-chairman-John-Nash.html Tory Health spokesman accepted £21,000 donation from private health firm boss], Daily Mail, 15 January 2010</ref>
 ==Affiliations==
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 ==Resources==
 See: [[Private Healthcare Network Map]]
 ==References==
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-[[Category:Oxford alumni|Nash, John]] [[Category:British Politician|Nash, John]] [[Category:House of Lords|Nash, John]][[Category:Businesspeople|Nash, John]][[Category:Education|Nash, John]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Nash, John]][[Category:Education Industry]]
+[[Category:Oxford alumni|Nash, John]] [[Category:British Politician|Nash, John]] [[Category:House of Lords|Nash, John]][[Category:Businesspeople|Nash, John]][[Category:Education|Nash, John]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Nash, John]][[Category:Education Industry|Nash, John]][[Category:Revolving Door|Nash, John]]

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 *[[Policy Exchange]], donor to
 *[[Sovereign Capital]], co-founder
-*[[Care UK]], former CEO
+*[[Care UK]], former chair
 *[[British Venture Capital Association]], chair (1988 – 1989)
 *[[Apple]]; Nash owns shares in the education technology firm

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 ==Affiliations==
-*[[Centre for Policy Studies]]
+*[[Centre for Policy Studies]], board member
 *[[Policy Exchange]], donor to
-*[[Sovereign Capital]]
+*[[Sovereign Capital]], co-founder
-*[[Care UK]]
+*[[Care UK]], former CEO
 *[[British Venture Capital Association]], chair (1988 – 1989)
 *[[Apple]]; Nash owns shares in the education technology firm

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 *2010: Treasury adviser: Nash was one of four City figures invited by UK chancellor [[George Osborne]] to “question the unquestionable” in his austerity drive.
 *December 2010: Nash is appointed a non-executive director of the [[Department of Education]] board; Whitehall 'NED's are there to 'help decision making in the Department.
-*January 2013: Nash was given a peerage and made a Conservative life peer (becoming Baron Nash of Ewelme).
+*January 2013: Nash was given a peerage and made a Conservative life peer (becoming Baron Nash of Ewelme), making him one of the key voices on education reform in the Lords
 *January 2013: the now Lord Nash was appointed education minister responsible for among other things, academies and free schools and school capital (including playing fields). It is a role he has continued after Conservatives won the May 2015 UK general elections.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-nash Lord Nash profile], Gov.uk, accessed August 2015</ref>

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 As education minister, he has overseen a massive rise in the number of state-funded, independently run academies and their subset, free schools, including the forced conversion (from state-run to independently-run) of a large number of schools.
-===Running a few schools in Westminster===
+===Running (a few) schools in Westminster===
 Nash also operates a small chain of schools in Westminster.

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 Nash also operates a small chain of schools in Westminster.
-In 2006 he set up [[Future]], a charity that 'aims to help young people succeed'. It was also set up as a sponsor of academy schools, and it currently runs a number of schools in Westminster, including:
+In 2006 he set up [[Future]] (http://futurecharity.org), a charity that 'aims to help young people succeed'. It was also set up as a sponsor of academy schools, and it currently runs a number of schools in Westminster, including:
 [[Pimlico Academy]], which Nash is a governor of; [[Pimlico Primary]]; and [[Millbank Academy]] (a primary school).