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| − | [[File:Mark Simmonds.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mark Simmonds]] | + | [[File:Mark Simmonds.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mark Simmonds]]'''Mark Simmonds''' was the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Boston and Skegness from 2001- 2005. |
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He was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] from September 2012 for almost two years.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-simmonds/1393 Mark Simmonds], www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2013.</ref> | He was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] from September 2012 for almost two years.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-simmonds/1393 Mark Simmonds], www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2013.</ref> | ||
| − | + | Simmonds resigned from his role as minister for Africa on 11 August 2014<ref name="Reshuffle110814">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-11-august-2014 Ministerial appointments: 11 August 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 11 August 2014.</ref>, in part claiming that he could not afford to live on his £89,000 a year salary. | |
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| + | Since leaving his ministerial post Simmons has taken up various advisory roles: | ||
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| + | *strategic advisor to [[International Hospitals Group]] (IHG), a private firm based in Buckinghamshire involved in constructing hospitals in developing countries. | ||
| + | *managing director of the corporate investigation giant [[Kroll]] | ||
| + | *chairman of the advisory board of the private investment club [[Invest Africa]] | ||
| + | *chief operating officer of the [[Counter-Extremism Project]], which is 'fighting the growth of Isis' | ||
| + | *strategic adviser of [[First]] | ||
| + | *a non-executive deputy chairman of the [[Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council]] | ||
| + | *chief executive of [[Mortlock Simmonds]]. | ||
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Revision as of 01:02, 15 May 2015
Mark Simmonds was the UK Conservative Party MP for Boston and Skegness from 2001- 2005.
He was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from September 2012 for almost two years.[1]
Simmonds resigned from his role as minister for Africa on 11 August 2014[2], in part claiming that he could not afford to live on his £89,000 a year salary.
Since leaving his ministerial post Simmons has taken up various advisory roles:
- strategic advisor to International Hospitals Group (IHG), a private firm based in Buckinghamshire involved in constructing hospitals in developing countries.
- managing director of the corporate investigation giant Kroll
- chairman of the advisory board of the private investment club Invest Africa
- chief operating officer of the Counter-Extremism Project, which is 'fighting the growth of Isis'
- strategic adviser of First
- a non-executive deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council
- chief executive of Mortlock Simmonds.
Political career
Simmons' parliamentary career has included posts as:
- shadow minister (Health) 2003-04
- shadow minister (Education) 2004-04
- shadow minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) 2004-05,
- shadow minister (International Development) 2005-07
- shadow minister (Health) 2007-10
External meetings
In January 2013 met with:[3]
- Cluff Geothermal in January 2013 to discuss energy sector in East Africa, and *Tullow Oil to discuss recent developments in Uganda and Kenya.
- Qatar Petroleum To discuss energy issues
In March 2013:[3]
- Visited the offices of BG Group, Dar es Salaam 'to discuss oil and gas opportunities for UK companies in Tanzania and in the East African region'
- Met with Centrica plc 'to discuss energy issues'
- Standard Chartered Bank 'to discuss Africa'
Notes
- ↑ Mark Simmonds, www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 November 2013.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: 11 August 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 11 August 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Transparency data: Ministers: Quarterly return - January to March 2013 - Meetings with external organisations, published July 2013, accessed 5 November 2014
