Adam Werritty
Adam Werritty is a former executive director of the Atlantic Bridge.[1]
Werritty accompanied the then Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox on a visit to the Gulf Research Center on 15 April 2007.[2]
Werritty attended the Ninth Herzliya Conference in 2009, and was listed in the book of conference conclusions as "Dr. Adam Werritty, Advisor, Office of Shadow Defense Secretary; UK Executive Director, The Atlantic Bridge".[3]
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Background
Werritty attended Madras College in St Andrews, Scotland, before going to Edinburgh University in 1997, where he became vice-president of the Young Conservatives. He graduated with a 2:2 in Public Policy. According to the Mail, he first met Liam Fox at a Burns Night supper organised by the Young Conservatives.[4]
After University, Werrity went to work for healthcare company PPP.[5]
Relationship with Fox in Opposition
In a 2011 Commons statement, Liam Fox said he first met Werritty in 1998:
- While in opposition he worked as a paid intern in my House of Commons office and at this time had a Parliamentary Pass. He also received payments for research work undertaken during my time in opposition. Records currently show total payment of £5800 over this period.[6]
UK Health
Fox was shadow health secretary from 1999 to 2003. For two years during this period, Werritty was the head of UK Health Ltd.[5]
Security Futures
During Fox's subsequent tenure as Shadow Defence Secretary, Werrity became a director of Security Futures Ltd, using Fox's home as his address. Fox later said that Werritty had used a spare room at the house in 2002-03.[5]
Atlantic Bridge
According to the Independent on Sunday Fox "installed Werritty as executive director of his charity Atlantic Bridge, funded by the Tory donor Michael Hintze, which brought together right-wing politicians from the US and UK."[5]
Werritty was listed as UK Executive Director of the Atlantic Bridge on the organisation's website as of 15 April 2008. Fox was listed as chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Hintze as a member of the board of advisers.[7] According to the Independent on Sunday, "the position earned Werritty around £90,000 over three years, but it also allowed him to travel to the US regularly for seminars and conferences."[5]
In 2010 the Charity Commission completed a regulatory case report that conclude Atlantic Bridge's "current activities must cease immediately" because it promoted a political policy closely associated with the Conservatives. In September 2010, Third Sector reported that blogger Stephen Newton was challenging the Commission's decision to launch a regulatory inquiry rather than a statutory one. Werritty declined to comment for the story.[8]
Affiliations
- Atlantic Bridge
- Todiha Ltd - Director
- Danscotia Consulting Ltd - Director
- Security Futures - Former Company Secretary
- UK Health Ltd - Director
PowerBase Resources
- Liam Fox - Adam Werrity list of meetings - List released by the Cabinet Office in October 2011.
External Resources
- LevelBusiness ADAM MARK WERRITTY
Articles
- Rupert Neate, Liam Fox's friend set up crucial legal meeting, guardian.co.uk, 18 August 2011.
- Fox friend fixed key meetings in Israel, TheJC.com, 11 October 2011.
- Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Ian Black and Luke Harding, Adam Werritty set up Liam Fox meeting with Iranian regime lobbyist, guardian.co.uk, 12 October 2011
- Michael White, Why didn't Liam Fox make Adam Werritty a special adviser?, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011.
- Craig Murray, The real Werritty scandal, craigmurray.org.uk, 13 October 2011.
- Kim Sengupta, Werritty attended talks about arms deal with Israel and China, The Independent, 15 October 2011.
- Jane Merrick and James Hanning, Revealed: Fox's best man and his ties to Iran's opposition, Independent on Sunday 16 October 2011.
- Richard Norton-Taylor and Saeed Kamali Dehghan, MI6 spoke to Adam Werritty after trips, guardian.co.uk, 17 October 2011.
- Nicholas Watt, Adam Werritty met junior defence ministers, says No 10, guardian.co.uk, accessed 18 October 2011.
- Martin Bright, Tories solicited cash for Werrity, TheJC.com, 18 October 2011.
- Rupert Neate, Adam Werritty bankrolled by three pro-Israel business tycoons, guardian.co.uk, 18 October 2011.
- Robert Winnett, MI6 warned Liam Fox over Adam Werritty links, The Telegraph, 23 October 2011.
- Craig Murray, Gould and Fox-Werritty Schemed for Attack on Iran, craigmurray.org.uk, 25 October 2011.
- Fox’s best man met ambassador in another unreported meeting, scotsman.com, 1 November 2011
- Rajeev Syal, Adam Werritty donors also gave to Tory party, data reveals, guardian.co.uk, 23 November 2011.
- Rupert Neate, Adam Werritty paid £70,000 by Tory donor-funded Pargav Limited, guardian.co.uk, 29 March 2012.
Notes
- ↑ Conference Conclusions: The Ninth Herzliya Conference, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, p.58.
- ↑ Press Room, Gulf Research Center, accessed 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Conference Conclusions: The Ninth Herzliya Conference, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, p.58.
- ↑ Ian Drury, Tim Shipman and Rob Cooper, 'He loves his wife': MP defends Liam Fox amid 'wild gossip' about his sex life after it emerges young male friend was at his flat when it was burgled, Mail Online, 13 October 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Matt Chorley and Brian Brady,How the odd couple's relationship blossomed over more than a decade, independent.co.uk, 9 October 2011.
- ↑ Andrew Sparrow, Politics blog - Liam Fox faces questions, guardian.co.uk, 10 October 2011.
- ↑ Who We are, Atlantic Bridge, archived at the Internet Archive on 15 April 2008, accessed 17 October 2011.
- ↑ John Plummer, Charity Commission faces threat of a judicial review, Third Sector, 21 September 2010.
