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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[Army Benevolent Fund]] circa 2014
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 From late 1989 to 1992 (around two and a half years) Jackson was Commander of the [[39th Infantry Brigade]],<ref>[http://www.cmaworld.org/Public/Page_Local.aspx?Id=297 General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO], CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.</ref> one of three British Army brigade headquarters in Northern Ireland from the outbreak of the Troubles in 1969. It covered the Belfast area and its commander reported to the [[Commander Land Forces (Northern Ireland)]].<ref>Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRA, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.16.</ref>
 ==Books==
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 *[[Army Benevolent Fund]] circa 2014
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 ==Northern Ireland==
 From late 1989 to 1992 (around two and a half years) Jackson was Commander of the [[39th Infantry Brigade]],<ref>[http://www.cmaworld.org/Public/Page_Local.aspx?Id=297 General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO], CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.</ref> one of three British Army brigade headquarters in Northern Ireland from the outbreak of the Troubles in 1969. It covered the Belfast area and its commander reported to the [[Commander Land Forces (Northern Ireland)]].<ref>Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRA, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.16.</ref>
 ==External Resources==

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 ==Revolving door appointments and controversies==
 ===''Sunday Times'' sting operation===
-{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}In 2012, Jackson was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by ''Sunday Times'' journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.<ref>Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, ''Insight'', ''Sunday Times'', 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.</ref>
+{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}In 2012, Jackson was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by ''Sunday Times'' journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.<ref name="greed">Galloping greed of the old warhorses, ''Insight'', ''Sunday Times'', 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.</ref>
-Jackson reportedly suggested he could arrange meetings with General Sir [[Peter Wall]] and General Sir [[David Richards]]. Jackson later said he did not believe that senior members of the armed forces could be improperly influenced and would not dream of trying to do so.<ref>Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, ''Insight'', ''Sunday Times'', 14 October 2012, p.15.</ref>
+Jackson reportedly suggested he could arrange meetings with General Sir [[Peter Wall]] and General Sir [[David Richards]]. Jackson later said he did not believe that senior members of the armed forces could be improperly influenced and would not dream of trying to do so.<ref name="greed"/>
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 [[File:Mike Jackson 2003.jpg|thumb|right| General Sir Mike Jackson, former British Army chief of the general staff at the Cenotaph in London, 2003. Credit:
-HJ Mitchell]] General Sir '''Michael Jackson''' was [[Chief of the General Staff (UK)|Chief of the General Staff]] from February 2003 to August 2006.<ref>[http://www.cmaworld.org/Public/Page_Local.aspx?Id=297 General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO], CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.</ref>
+HJ Mitchell]] General Sir '''Michael Jackson''' is a high-profile retired British Army officer. He was [[Chief of the General Staff (UK)|Chief of the General Staff]] from February 2003 to August 2006.<ref>[http://www.cmaworld.org/Public/Page_Local.aspx?Id=297 General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO], CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.</ref>
 ==Revolving door appointments and controversies==

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	Jackson reportedly suggested he could arrange meetings with General Sir [[Peter Wall]] and General Sir [[David Richards]]. Jackson later said he did not believe that senior members of the armed forces could be improperly influenced and would not dream of trying to do so.<ref>Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, ''Insight'', ''Sunday Times'', 14 October 2012, p.15.</ref>		Jackson reportedly suggested he could arrange meetings with General Sir [[Peter Wall]] and General Sir [[David Richards]]. Jackson later said he did not believe that senior members of the armed forces could be improperly influenced and would not dream of trying to do so.<ref>Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, ''Insight'', ''Sunday Times'', 14 October 2012, p.15.</ref>
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		+	===Meetings with MOD===
		+	Jackson is recorded as meeting with [[Ministry of Defence]] officials in September 2014. No purpose nor names of officials met with were declared. <ref>Campaign Against the Arms Trade, [https://www.caat.org.uk/resources/influence/person/2317/meetings?date-from=2014-09&date-to=2014-09 Mike Jackson meetings], Political Influence database, last accessed 8 February 2018 </ref>

	===ACOBA approved appointments===		===ACOBA approved appointments===

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	==External Resources==		==External Resources==
		+	*Campaign Against the Arms Trade, [https://www.caat.org.uk/resources/influence/person/2317/ Mike Jackson], Meetings, Political Influence Database,
	*Richard Norton-Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/oct/16/bloodysunday.northernireland Army chief questioned over 'shot list'], The Guardian, 16 October 2003.		*Richard Norton-Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/oct/16/bloodysunday.northernireland Army chief questioned over 'shot list'], The Guardian, 16 October 2003.

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 *Chairman of [[Silk Road Resources]] Ltd, December 2006. Approved by [[ACOBA]], "subject to the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials, the normal three-month waiting period being waived".<ref name="MP"/>
 *Member of international advisory board, [[Rolls Royce]] plc, February 2007-2012. Approved by [[ACOBA]], "subject to the normal three-month waiting period and the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials". <ref name="MP"/>
 *Non-executive director, [[Numis Securities]] Ltd, December 2006. Was approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to the conditions that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should stand aside from discussion, if any, of the business of any clients of Numis in the UK defence sector and, for the same period, he should not be involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials, the normal three-month waiting period being waived".<ref name="MP"/>
 *Non-executive chairman, [[Benchmark Search Group]], February 2007. Approved by [[ACOBA]], "subject to the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not personally be involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials, the normal three-month waiting period being waived January 2007".<ref name="MP"/>
-*Non-executive director at The [[Risk Advisory Group]] plc in December 2006. Was "Approved subject to the condition that, for two years from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials, the normal three-month waiting period being waived November 2006"<ref name="MP"/>
+*Non-executive director at The [[Risk Advisory Group]] plc from December 2006 - 23 April 2009. Was "Approved subject to the condition that, for two years from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials, the normal three-month waiting period being waived November 2006"<ref name="MP"/>
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 *Former special adviser and chairman of the defence advisory board at [[PA Consulting Group]], appointed February 2007. Approved by [[ACOBA]], "subject to the normal three-month waiting period and the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying".<ref name="MP"> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/acoba/assets/acobaninthreport2006_08.pdf The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Ninth Report 2006-2008] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 4 November 2014 </ref>
 *Chairman of [[Silk Road Resources]] Ltd, December 2006. Approved by [[ACOBA]], "subject to the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials, the normal three-month waiting period being waived".<ref name="MP"/>
-*Member of international advisory board, [[Rolls Royce]] plc, February 2007. Approved by [[ACOBA]], "subject to the normal three-month waiting period and the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials". <ref name="MP"/>
+*Member of international advisory board, [[Rolls Royce]] plc, February 2007-2012. Approved by [[ACOBA]], "subject to the normal three-month waiting period and the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials". <ref name="MP"/>
 ===Former affiliations===