Jacqui Smith
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Jacqui Smith is a former UK Labour Home Secretary (2007-2009), Chief Government Whip and Minister for Schools (2005-2006). She was the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until May 2010.
Revolving door
After leaving politics Smith became a consultant for one of the Big Four accountancy firms, KPMG in October 2010, a position that was cleared by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.[1] She held this until June 2011. [2] According to the Daily Mail, KPMG had "won an important government contract while Smith was Home Secretary when it was commissioned to carry out a major study into whether drink industry giants were breaking guidelines on the sale of alcohol". [3]
Affiliations
- Westminster Explained - since 2009 [2]
- Sarina Russo Job Access - September 2010 - present [2]
- Inspiring Interns
- Chair and co-founder The Precious Trust since January 2012 [2]
- LBC 97.3FM - presenter from March 2012 – September 2012
- School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham - was appointed an Honorary Professor in August 2011[2]
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Twelfth Annual Report, 2010-2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Jacqui Smith, LinkedIn profile, acc 11 June 2013
- ↑ Geoffrey Levy, Tony's cronies and snouts in the trough: How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector, 10 June 2011, acc 28 Sept 2011