Christopher Whitehouse

Christopher Whitehouse is the Managing Director of the Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd.

Whitehouse worked for 16 years in the Houses of Parliament for both MPs and Peers. He formed Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd in 1996. He is qualified with distinction in business studies and public administration, and claims to have a "solid track record of advising companies, trade associations and campaigning groups on strategies and tactics for influencing public policy in Westminster, Whitehall and Brussels." An experienced media performer he also regularly lectures on politics and public affairs.

During his time in the House of Commons, he worked with members of All-Party Parliamentary Groups and Select Committees. He claims to have contacts with Government Ministers, Opposition Spokesmen, Special Advisors to Government Ministers and key backbenchers as well as Members of the European Parliament.

He is currently a Director of

• the Westminster Media Forum
• the Westminster Diet and Health Forum
• the Westminster Education Forum
• the Westminster eForum.

He is also Clerk to the All-Party Parliamentary Media Group.

An advisor over many years to the British Olympic Association, Chris is currently Chair of the Liaison Organisation for Business Investors in the National Health Service LIFT Scheme (LIFT LOBI); and is a former Chief Executive of the Manufacturing and Construction Industries Alliance.

Health Service Finance

LIFT LOBI is the Liaison Organisation for Buriness Investors in Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) schemes; the representative body for private sector partners. The membership comprises 13 organisations with equity investments in over 90% of the LIFT ventures around the country.

Its acts as a forum for debate and decision-making for members on all issues relating to LIFT and represents the interests and consensus opinion of its members.

LIFT is a government-endorsed finance scheme based on long term joint ventures at national and local level to improve investment in primary and social care services in England. It reflects Government policy to use the private sector where feasible to increase healthcare investment.

Unlike Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deals, LIFT schemes are based on the local private public partnership joint venture companies called LIFTCo's owning and maintaining the new premises and leasing space to PCTs, General Practitioners (GPs) and other social care or voluntary sector tenants.