Simon Nayyar
Simon Nayyar is a managing partner at Newgate Communications.
Career
Nayyar starter his career working for Conservative MP [[Keith Speed].
His first lobbying role was at Westminster Strategy, before moving to Citigate Public Affairs, in 2006 he moved to Edelman but 18 months later moved to CDR Public Policy - a company under the Citigate Public Affairs umbrella.
He moved to Newgate Communications in 2011.[1]
Nayyar has also run for parliament as a Conservative candidate. Despite Lee Martin being preferred to stand for Sunderland Central and missing out in his bid to run for Nottingham South[2], he ran in the 2010 general election for Hackney South and Shoreditch, however Labour held what is traditionally a safe seat for them.[1]
Nayyar will stand as the Conservative candidate for the current Labour seat, Feltham and Heston. [3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Singleton Sharp suits and plans to blaze a trail in lobbying Public Affairs News, 1 March 2013, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ Nayyar won't quit bid for Tory seat PR Week, 1 August 2007, 1 October 2014
- ↑ Simon Nayyar selected to fight Feltham and Heston seat Worcester News, 18 September 2014, accessed 1 October 2014
