Canning House
Canning House is the first and foremost non-governmental institution focused on fostering joint British-Latin American interests. Though it runs significant Latin American cultural events, its leadership is comprised by senior Conservative Party figures, including Michael Portillo and Hugh Thomas, and figures from mining giant Anglo American, including its former Chairman Mark Moody-Stuart.
Canning House is registered both as a charity, 'Trustees of The Hispanic and Lusa Brazilian Council', and a private company, 'Canning House Ltd'.
People
President: Lord Brennan QC - Highest recipient of legal-aid in 2004.[1]
Chairman: Hugh Elliott - Former International Government Relations Manager of mining giant Anglo American.
Vice-Presidents:
- Lord Garel-Jones - Conservative Party peer.[2]
- Enrique Garcia
- Miriam González Durántez - Partner at DLA Practices, wife of Nick Clegg, Liberal-Democrat Party member.
- Baroness Hooper CMG - Conservative Party peer.
- Mark Moody-Stuart - former Chairman of Anglo American[3] and of Royal Dutch Shell (1998-2001)
- David Montgomery - former Conservative Party life peer, currently a cross-bench peer.
- Michael Portillo - Conservative Party politician
- Hugh Thomas - Conservative Party peer, former Chairman of the neo-liberal Centre for Policy Studies (1979-1991), founded by and advisor to Margaret Thatcher.
Director General: Charles Goodson-Wickes (2010-) - former Conservative MP (1987-1997); acted as Lieutenant Colonel in first Gulf War.
Trustees of The Hispanic and Lusa Brazilian Council:[4] Roger Cartwright | Valerie Fraser | Eduardo Carmona | Geoff West | Paul White | Dick Wilkinson | Graham Smith | Hugh Elliott | Mark Alexander Flewitt | Andre Araujo Lopes | Marit Meyer-Bell | Maxine Molyneux
Corporate Partners
Patron Members:[5]
Anglo American | Antofagasta | Baker & McKenzie | BBVA | BG Group | BP | British American Tabacco | CAF | Cemex | Davies Arnold Cooper | DeLaRue | ED & F MAN | HSBC | Newstate Partners | Rio Tinto | Santander Group | Shell | UBS
Standard Members:
Amerisur Resources | Babcock and Wilcox | Barings | British and Columbian Chamber | British Council | Chile Copper | Cuatrecasas | The Economist Group | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | The Hanseatic Group | Jauregui Y Navarrete | LAN | Meliã White House | Orient-Express | QSIU | Royal Garden Hotel | Scotch Whisky Association | Thomas Greg & Son | University of Bath
Contact
- Address: Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ, England
- Phone: +44 (0)20 7235 2303
- fax: +44 (0)20 7235 2303
- Email: enquiries@canninghouse.org
- Website: http://www.canninghouse.org/
- Facebook: Canning House
- Twitter: @Canning_House
Resources
- Charity Commission page: THE HISPANIC AND LUSO BRAZILIAN COUNCIL
Notes
- ↑ Clare Dyer, 'QC gets £606,000 in legal aid fees', 19 November 2004, accessed 12 September 2011
- ↑ 'British Humanist Association: Lord Garel-Jones of Watford, PC', accessed 12 September 2011
- ↑ 'Sir Mark Moody-Stuart becomes Chairman of Anglo American plc', 2 December 2002, accessed 12 September 2011
- ↑ 'Charity Commission: Trustees of The Hispanic and Lusa Brazilian Council', accessed 12 September 2011
- ↑ 'Corporate Partners',12 September 2011, accessed 12 September 2011
