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| − | '''Dr Alan Lawrence Mendoza''' (born 2 August 1978) is a co-founder and executive director of the [[Henry Jackson Society]]. He is also a former [[Conservative Party]] councillor in the London Borough of Brent.<ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/alan-mendoza.html Alan Mendoza], CentreRight, ConservativeHome, accessed 13 April 2009.</ref> | + | '''Dr Alan Lawrence Mendoza''' (born 2 August 1978) is a co-founder and executive director of the [[Henry Jackson Society]]. He is also a former [[Conservative Party]] councillor in the London Borough of Brent.<ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/alan-mendoza.html Alan Mendoza], CentreRight, ConservativeHome, accessed 13 April 2009.</ref> In January 2015 he announced he would run as a Conservative Party candidate for Brent. |
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | Mendoza ran a contract publishing company for | + | Mendoza ran a contract publishing company for 10 years which specialised in producing publications for international organisations.<ref name="EIS">[http://www.eiscouncil.com/English/About/about_board.asp?boardId=72 http://www.eiscouncil.com/English/About/about_board.asp?boardId=72 Dr Alan Mendoza], Electric infrastructure Security Council, accessed 9 April 2013.</ref> |
| − | Mendoza became co-president in 2000 of the [[Disraelian Union]], which he describes as | + | Mendoza became co-president in 2000 of the [[Disraelian Union]], which he describes as 'a political networking salon'.<ref name="LinkedIn">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-mendoza/4/721/417 Alan Mendoza], ''LinkedIn'', accessed 9 April 2013.</ref> |
In February 2006, he was appointed executive director of the [[Henry Jackson Society]].<ref name="LinkedIn">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-mendoza/4/721/417 Alan Mendoza], ''LinkedIn'', accessed 9 April 2013.</ref> | In February 2006, he was appointed executive director of the [[Henry Jackson Society]].<ref name="LinkedIn">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-mendoza/4/721/417 Alan Mendoza], ''LinkedIn'', accessed 9 April 2013.</ref> | ||
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]] | *[[Conservative Friends of Israel]] | ||
*[[Atlantic Council of the UK]] <ref>Brent Council, [http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/mgDeclarationChangesPrintView.aspx?nobdr=1&XXR=0&F=1&N=x&UID=159&DR=03/05/2009-26/10/2009&ACT=Earlier Register of interests history, Councillor Alan Mendoza 03/05/2009 - 26/10/2009] [Accessed 15 October 2010]</ref> | *[[Atlantic Council of the UK]] <ref>Brent Council, [http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/mgDeclarationChangesPrintView.aspx?nobdr=1&XXR=0&F=1&N=x&UID=159&DR=03/05/2009-26/10/2009&ACT=Earlier Register of interests history, Councillor Alan Mendoza 03/05/2009 - 26/10/2009] [Accessed 15 October 2010]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Social media== | ||
| + | *[https://twitter.com/alanmendoza @alanmendoza] | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 07:52, 14 January 2015
Dr Alan Lawrence Mendoza (born 2 August 1978) is a co-founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society. He is also a former Conservative Party councillor in the London Borough of Brent.[1] In January 2015 he announced he would run as a Conservative Party candidate for Brent.
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Education
Mendoza obtained a B.A. (Hons.) and M.Phil in history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and completed a Ph.D. at the same institution focusing on Anglo-American relations during the Bosnian War, 1992-1995.[2]
In his 2001 book on Bosnia, Unfinest Hour Brendan Simms credited Mendoza with sharing his expertise on American politics and transcripts of interviews with key figures in London and Washington.[3]
Career
Mendoza ran a contract publishing company for 10 years which specialised in producing publications for international organisations.[4]
Mendoza became co-president in 2000 of the Disraelian Union, which he describes as 'a political networking salon'.[5]
In February 2006, he was appointed executive director of the Henry Jackson Society.[5]
In April 2009, he became director of Worldview Strategy Ltd.[5]
Register of interests
Mendoza's entry in the Brent Council register of interests notes that he is an executive director of the Henry Jackson Society and a director of Worldview Strategy Ltd. It also notes that he is 'a member or in a position of general control or management of the following bodies one of whose principal purposes include the influence of public opinion or policy':
- Conservative Party
- Conservative Councillors' Association
- Conservative Party Foreign Policy Forum
- The Disraelian Union
- Conservative Friends of Israel
- Atlantic Council of the UK [6]
Social media
Affiliations
- Henry Jackson Society - Co-Founder and Executive Director
- Disraelian Union - Co-Founder and Co-President
- The Centre for Strategic Analysis Ltd - Company director
- The Centre for Strategic Assessment Ltd - Company director
- Friends of Israel Initiative - Company director
- Worldview Strategy Ltd - Company director
- British American Project - Former company director[7]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Transatlantic & International Security - Convenor
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security - Convenor
- Electric Infrastructure Security Council - Advisory Board member[4]
- Israel Diaspora Trust
- Jewish Leadership Council - employs his wife Claudia Mendoza as head of policy and research[8]
External resources
- Suzanne Pollak, At AIPAC conference, talk of Europe's anti-Israel stance, Washington Jewish Week, 3 June 2013.
Notes
- ↑ Alan Mendoza, CentreRight, ConservativeHome, accessed 13 April 2009.
- ↑ Alan Mendoza, CentreRight, ConservativeHome, accessed 13 April 2009.
- ↑ Brendan Simms, Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia, Penguin, 2002.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.eiscouncil.com/English/About/about_board.asp?boardId=72 Dr Alan Mendoza, Electric infrastructure Security Council, accessed 9 April 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alan Mendoza, LinkedIn, accessed 9 April 2013.
- ↑ Brent Council, Register of interests history, Councillor Alan Mendoza 03/05/2009 - 26/10/2009 [Accessed 15 October 2010]
- ↑ Alan Laurence Mendoza, company-director-check.co.uk, accessed 20 March 2013.
- ↑ Marcus Dysch, The best weapon against hate? Reasoned debate, Jewish Chronicle, 4 September 2014, accessed 17 September 2014
