Oliver Waghorn
Oliver Waghorn is a former special adviser to Conservative minister Liam Fox when he was secretary of state for defence [1]from 2010 until 2012.
Waghorn was appointed head of government relations (external relations and policy) at BAE Systems in October 2016.
After working for Fox, Waghorn started working as a freelance consultant for corporate communications and public policy. He was then appointed director and head of UK Defence and Security practice at lobbying firm Interel.[2]
Background
Prior to becoming a special adviser, Waghorn was based in the House of Commons as a research assistant to Conservative Party MP for Aldershot Gerald Howarth.[3] He served as a research analyst and project manager at Defence Science & Technology Laboratory at the Ministry of Defence from Oct 2006 - Jun 2008. [4]
Resources
- Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Political Influence Database, last updated 2016
Notes
- ↑ Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Oliver Waghorn Linkedin, Accessed 18 September 2014
- ↑ Right to Know, "Right to Know: 1st April – 30th June 2008", accessed 12.09.10
- ↑ Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Political Influence Database, data scraped from government sources, accessed 10 August 2017