Sigmund Sternberg
Sir Sigmund Sternberg, the former Chairman of Isys plc, gave £100,000 to the Labour Party in May 2001. He has also given large donations in 1977 and 1979 and spent more than £5,000 on "tickets for dinners" in 1998.
Isys plc is a software company which includes IBM, NatWest, Halifax, Abbey National, National Power, GlaxoWellcome and BAE Systems among its clients. Sir Sigmund Sternberg is also the Chairman of Martin Slowe Estates Ltd (a property development company) and founder of the Commodities Research Unit (one of the largest commodity consultancies in the world). He is a fellow of the Institute of Directors and is Vice President of the Labour Finance and Industry Group (he was Deputy Chairman from 1972-93). [1]
In 2004, Sigmund Sternberg withdrew the Sternberg Interfaith Prize from being given to Iqbal Sacranie of the Muslim Council of Britan. This was as a result of Iqbal Sacranie's denouncing Israeli policies as "ethnic cleansing". [2]
Affiliations
- Institute for Business Ethics
- Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress
- Israel-Diaspora Trust, trustee 2005-2008
- Labour Finance and Industry Group
References
- ^ Taken from 'Sigmund Sternberg' available through search function on http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html
- ^ BBC, "UK Muslim loses top peace award", 1 June 2004, Dominic Casciani, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3766567.stm
