Difference between revisions of "Alex Baldock"

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==Letter to the Telegraph==
 
==Letter to the Telegraph==
 
On 1 April 2015 Baldock was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 1 April 2015.</ref>
 
On 1 April 2015 Baldock was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 1 April 2015.</ref>
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==Political donations==
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Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th>
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<td align="center">14/08/2008</td>
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<td align="center">Alexander D Baldock </td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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</table><ref> Electoral Commission, [https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Donation Search], accessed 2 April 2015.</ref>
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==Education==
 
==Education==
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Revision as of 11:26, 2 April 2015

Alex Baldock is the CEO of online retailer Shop Direct.

Career

Early in his career Baldock worked for management company Bain & Company, Kalchas (Ernst & Young's strategy consulting arm) and Prophet (Dentsu's brand and marketing consultancy).[1]

He then moved to Barclays, before being appointed managing director at Lombard, a financial assets company owned by the RBS Group in 2008.

In 2012 he was appointed chief executive of multi-brand online retailer Shop Direct.[2]

Letter to the Telegraph

On 1 April 2015 Baldock was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[3]

Political donations

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to Subsidiary (parties only)
14/08/2008 Alexander D Baldock £1,200.00 Conservative Party Kensington

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Education

Notes

  1. Retail Symposium Alex Baldock, accessed 1 April 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Retail Week Alex Baldock, accessed 1 April 2015.
  3. Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 1 April 2015.
  4. Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 2 April 2015.