Paul Boateng

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Lord Paul Boateng is a former Labour cabinet minister, and served as British High Commissioner in South Africa from 2005 to 2009.

As High Commissioner, Boateng was involved in making representations to the South African government about its proposed legislation preventing South Africans from joining foreign military forces.

He sat on the board of private security company Aegis Defence Services from October 2009 until [date tbc]. His appointed was approved by ACOBA "subject to the conditions that, for six months from his last day in post, he should not return to South Africa for business purposes, give advice on it, or have dealings with companies there, and, for 12 months from that same date, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer or the Private Military and Security sector as a whole."

Boateng joined the House of Lords in June 2010.

Affiliations

Remunerated interests as at February 2014:

• Interim Chairman, Africa Intellectual Property Trust (paid a fee/honorarium for work done to establish this not-for-profit organisation/charity registered in the United States by Light Years Inc of Washington DC). Was given "unconditional approval" by ACOBA to take up the role.
• Member, Health Policy Advisory Board, Gilead Sciences Inc
• Chair, Advisory Board, Aventa Capital Partners
• Occasional Consultant on African Governance for MRL Public Sector Consultants Limited
• Member, Advisory Board of Protection Group International Ltd

External resources

• Oral Evidence, Iraq Inquiry, 14 July 2010.