Oliver Waghorn - Revision history

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Early career

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Through the revolving door: turns lobbyist for big arms traders

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Melissa Jones: /* Through the revolving door: turns lobbyist for big arms traders */

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Through the revolving door: turns lobbyist for big arms traders

Melissa Jones at 02:43, 6 September 2017

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 [[File:Oliver Waghorn headshot.jpg|right|thumb|Former government special adviser turned arms trade lobbyist Oliver Waghorn]]'''Oliver Waghorn''' is an arms trade lobbyist who was a special adviser (SpAd) to Conservative minister  [[Liam Fox]] from 2010 until 2011 during Fox's scandal-ridden stint as defence secretary.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>
-In October 2016 Waghorn secured a plum job as head of government relations (external relations and policy) at Britain's most controversial arms manufacturer [[BAE Systems]], not long after prime minister [[Theresa May]] had appointed his old boss Fox as trade minister.
+In October 2016 Waghorn secured a plum job as head of government relations (external relations and policy) at Britain's most controversial arms manufacturer [[BAE Systems]], not long after prime minister [[Theresa May]] had appointed his old boss Fox as trade minister. He was promoted to chief of staff to the CEO in April 2019.
 ==Through the revolving door:  turns lobbyist for big arms traders==

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-[[Category:Special Advisers|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Revolving Door|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Defence|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Arms Industry|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Arms Industry Lobbyists|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Defence Lobby|Waghorn, Oliver]]
+[[Category:Special Advisers|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Revolving Door|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Defence|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Arms Industry|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Arms Trade Lobbyists|Waghorn, Oliver]][[Category:Defence Lobby|Waghorn, Oliver]]

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 ==Early career==
-Before becoming a special adviser, Waghorn was based in the House of Commons as a research assistant to [[Conservative Party]] MP for Aldershot [[Gerald Howarth]].<ref>Right to Know, "[http://www.conservatives.com/~/media/Files/Downloadable%20Files/The%20Right%20to%20Know/document-righttoknow2-2008.ashx?dl=true Right to Know: 1st April – 30th June 2008]", accessed 12.09.10</ref> Howarth was appointed a junior defence minister in the Coalition government from 2010-2012.
+Before becoming a special adviser, Waghorn was based in the House of Commons as a research assistant to [[Conservative Party]] MP for Aldershot [[Gerald Howarth]].<ref>Right to Know, "[http://www.conservatives.com/~/media/Files/Downloadable%20Files/The%20Right%20to%20Know/document-righttoknow2-2008.ashx?dl=true Right to Know: 1st April – 30th June 2008]", accessed 12.09.10</ref> Howarth was appointed a junior defence minister in the Coalition government from 2010-2012. He retired as an MP ahead of the June 2017 general election.
-He was originally a research analyst and project manager at [[Defence Science and Technology Laboratory]] at the [[Ministry of Defence]] from October 2006 - June 2008. <ref> Campaign Against the Arms Trade, [https://www.caat.org.uk/resources/influence/person/235/meetings Political Influence Database], data scraped from government sources, accessed 10 August 2017 </ref>
+Waghorn was originally a research analyst and project manager at [[Defence Science and Technology Laboratory]] at the [[Ministry of Defence]] from October 2006 - June 2008. <ref> Campaign Against the Arms Trade, [https://www.caat.org.uk/resources/influence/person/235/meetings Political Influence Database], data scraped from government sources, accessed 10 August 2017 </ref>
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 ==Through the revolving door:  turns lobbyist for big arms traders==
-{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}After nearly two years as Fox's SpAd, Waghorn left the government in October 2011 to work as a freelance consultant 'for corporate communications and public policy'. A year later, Waghorn joined  lobbying firm [[Interel Consulting]] as a director and head of its UK defence and security practice.<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/oliver-waghorn/41/614/95a Oliver Waghorn] Linkedin, Accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>At Interel he led ' the defence and security practice across the group advising a range of defence, technology and aerospace clients on business critical issues.  Over the last three years I have supported major UK, US and European primes including [[Boeing]], [[Finmeccanica]] [[Lockheed Martin]], [[QinetiQ]] and [[Babcock]] <ref> [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oliver-waghorn-95a61441Oliver Waghorn], LinkedIn, last accessed 6 September 2017 </ref>
+{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}After nearly two years as Fox's SpAd, Waghorn left the government in October 2011 to work as a freelance consultant 'for corporate communications and public policy'. A year later, Waghorn joined  lobbying firm [[Interel Consulting]] as a director and head of its UK defence and security practice.<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/oliver-waghorn/41/614/95a Oliver Waghorn] Linkedin, Accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>At Interel he led ' the defence and security practice across the group advising a range of defence, technology and aerospace clients on business critical issues.  Over the last three years I have supported major UK, US and European primes including [[Boeing]], [[Finmeccanica]] [[Lockheed Martin]], [[QinetiQ]] and [[Babcock]].<ref> [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oliver-waghorn-95a61441Oliver Waghorn], LinkedIn, last accessed 6 September 2017 </ref>
 Concern over Waghorn's access to Whitehall and Westminster whilst working for such clients at Interel saw [[Thomas Docherty]] MP ask the then Conservative defence secretary  [[Philip Hammond]] in 2013 'on how many occasions Mr Oliver Waghorn has been registered as a visitor to his Department’s main building ' since Waghorn had stopped working as Fox's adviser. Hammond replied that:

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−	[[File:Oliver Waghorn headshot.jpg\|right\|thumb]]'''Oliver Waghorn''' is an arms trade lobbyist who was a special adviser (SpAd) to Conservative minister [[Liam Fox]] from 2010 until 2011 during Fox's scandal-ridden stint as defence secretary.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>	+	[[File:Oliver Waghorn headshot.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Former government special adviser turned arms trade lobbyist Oliver Waghorn]]'''Oliver Waghorn''' is an arms trade lobbyist who was a special adviser (SpAd) to Conservative minister [[Liam Fox]] from 2010 until 2011 during Fox's scandal-ridden stint as defence secretary.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>

	In October 2016 Waghorn secured a plum job as head of government relations (external relations and policy) at Britain's most controversial arms manufacturer [[BAE Systems]], not long after prime minister [[Theresa May]] had appointed his old boss Fox as trade minister.		In October 2016 Waghorn secured a plum job as head of government relations (external relations and policy) at Britain's most controversial arms manufacturer [[BAE Systems]], not long after prime minister [[Theresa May]] had appointed his old boss Fox as trade minister.

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 {{Template: Revolving Door badge}}After nearly two years as Fox's SpAd, Waghorn left the government in October 2011 to work as a freelance consultant 'for corporate communications and public policy'. A year later, Waghorn joined  lobbying firm [[Interel Consulting]] as a director and head of its UK defence and security practice.<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/oliver-waghorn/41/614/95a Oliver Waghorn] Linkedin, Accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>At Interel he led ' the defence and security practice across the group advising a range of defence, technology and aerospace clients on business critical issues.  Over the last three years I have supported major UK, US and European primes including [[Boeing]], [[Finmeccanica]] [[Lockheed Martin]], [[QinetiQ]] and [[Babcock]] <ref> [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oliver-waghorn-95a61441Oliver Waghorn], LinkedIn, last accessed 6 September 2017 </ref>
-Concern over Waghorn's access to Whitehall and Westminster whilst working for such clients at Interel saw [[Thomas Docherty]] MP ask the then Conservative defence secretary  [[Philip Hammond]] in 2013 'on how many occasions Mr Oliver Waghorn has been registered as a visitor to his Department’s main building ' since Waghorn had stopped working as Fox's adviser.Hammond replied that:
+Concern over Waghorn's access to Whitehall and Westminster whilst working for such clients at Interel saw [[Thomas Docherty]] MP ask the then Conservative defence secretary  [[Philip Hammond]] in 2013 'on how many occasions Mr Oliver Waghorn has been registered as a visitor to his Department’s main building ' since Waghorn had stopped working as Fox's adviser. Hammond replied that:
 :Since November 2011, there is no record of Mr Waghorn having been registered as a visitor to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) main building, and Mr Luke Coffey has been registered as a visitor on three occasions.
 :[...] In addition, my private office records show both Mr Waghorn and Mr Coffey attended a meeting with me in my MOD office on 3 November 2011. <ref> [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/chan54.pdf PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Monday 14 October 2013] House of Commons Official Report, No 568  </ref>