Charles Hendry
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Charles Hendry is a Minister of State at the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.[1] He has been the Conservative MP for Wealden since 2001.[2]
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Background
Hendry is a former public relations man, having worked with international communications groups Ogilvy & Mather PR and Burson-Marsteller. He was Founder/Chairman/Chief Executive of The Agenda Group (1999-2005), a specialist consultancy helping company chairmen and chief executives with their corporate networking.[2]
In the 1980s he was Special Adviser to John Moore MP as Secretary of State for Social Services (1988) and to Tony Newton MP as Minister of State for Trade & Industry and then Secretary of State for Social Security (1988-90).[2]
Before the Coalition government was formed in May 2010, Hendry was Shadow Minister for Energy, Industry and Postal Affairs. He was previously Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2003-05), Shadow Minister for Young People (2002-05) and Shadow Minister for Industry and Enterprise (May – December 2005).[2]
Affiliations
- Westminster Education Forum - patron
Resources
- Rob Edwards, Waiving the rules to keep the nuclear power programme on course, Private Eye, 21 March 2012
Notes
- ↑ Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments, guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Conservatives, Charles Hendry, undated, accessed 25 April 2012