Oliver Waghorn

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Oliver Waghorn is a former special adviser to Conservative minister Liam Fox when he was secretary of state for defence [1]from 2010 until 2012.

Waghorn was appointed head of government relations (external relations and policy) at BAE Systems in October 2016.

After working for Fox, Waghorn started working as a freelance consultant for corporate communications and public policy. He was then appointed director and head of UK Defence and Security practice at lobbying firm Interel.[2]

Background

Prior to becoming a special adviser, Waghorn was based in the House of Commons as a research assistant to Conservative Party MP for Aldershot Gerald Howarth.[3] He served as a research analyst and project manager at Defence Science & Technology Laboratory at the Ministry of Defence from Oct 2006 - Jun 2008. [4]

Resources

Notes

  1. Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
  2. Oliver Waghorn Linkedin, Accessed 18 September 2014
  3. Right to Know, "Right to Know: 1st April – 30th June 2008", accessed 12.09.10
  4. Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Political Influence Database, data scraped from government sources, accessed 10 August 2017