Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is a director of the South African retailer Foschini Ltd. He is also the founder of the Israeli biotech company ProChon Biotech Limited.[1]
In October 2005, Defence Secretary Liam Fox flew to the United States with five newly elected MPs - Mark Harper, John Penrose, Brooks Newmark, Adam Holloway and Philip Dunne. In the register of members interests, all the MPs said their flights and accomodation had been paid for using a donation from Michael Lewis.[2]
Lewis was on the board of directors of Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) between 6 September 2006 - 3 Dec 2007[3] and served as Vice Chairman until 2007, after which point 'he has had no involvement in the organisation, save as a donor', according to a clarification published in the Guardian.[4]
Another clarification in October 2011 by the Guardian stated it had incorrectly stated that Lewis had arranged a trip in 2009 to a security seminar in Israel for Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty. "Mr Lewis... remains a donor to Bicom but has never had involvement in Mr Werritty's travel arrangements".[5]
Lewis has donated £13,832 to Fox's defunct Atlantic Bridge charity.[6]
Affiliations
- Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre former deputy chairman.[7]
- Institute for Strategic Dialogue - Chairman[8]
- United Trust Bank Limited - director
- Axel Springer AG - Supervisory board member[9]
- Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme -co-chair[10]
- Atlantic Bridge - former donor[11]
Connections
External resources
- Tim Shipman, Christian Gysin and Ian Drury, Tycoons who funded Fox's friend: Right-wing donors paid the bills for pair's globetrotting, dailymail.co.uk, 13 October 2011.
Notes
- ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
- ↑ Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011.
- ↑ BICOM Appointments 13 June 2012, Companies House via Powerbase.
- ↑ Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011
- ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011, amended 19 October 2011
- ↑ Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011
- ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
- ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
- ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
- ↑ ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
- ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
- ↑ Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
