Mark Hoban
Mark Hoban MP is the Financial Secretary to the UK Treasury, appointed in May 2010.[1] He is a chartered accountant who spent a substantial part of his career at one of the 'big four' accountancy firms PricewaterhouseCoopers. [2]
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Activities
One month into the new UK Coalition government's 2010 term, Goldman Sachs International's co-CEOs Michael Sherwood and Richard Gnodde secured a meeting with Hoban according to SpinWatch.
- What was discussed at this meeting, however, will never be publicly known as no agenda or formal minutes were taken, despite David Cameron's pledge that his Ministers must be “transparent about what we do and how we do it”.[3]
Career
Hoban worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor firms between 1985 and 2001.
His involvement in politics had started in 1980, when he joined the Conservative Party in the North East of England. He first stood for parliament in 1997 in South Shields.
He was appointed the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010, having done this role in opposition since December 2005. Between November 2003 and December 2005 he was Shadow Minister for Schools. Prior to November 2003, he was an Opposition Whip. He was also member of the Select Committee on Science and Technology between 2001 and 2003. [2]
Education
Hoban was born and brought up in the North East of England. He attended a comprehensive school in Durham and graduated with a degree in economics from the London School of Economics. [2]
Family life
Hoban lives in Locks Heath with his wife Fiona Hoban, who he married in August 1994. She works as an assistant remembrancer for the Corporation of London, which is the local authority for London's financial centre. [2]
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 Find out about Mark, Mark Hoban's website, acc 28 September 2011
- ↑ SpinWatch, Doing God’s Work: How Goldman Sachs Rigs the Game - SpinWatch investigation detailing Goldman Sachs’ secret lobbying activities in the UK and Brussels and links to politicians. Published March 2011. p8.
