Interel Consulting UK
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Established in 1991, Interel Consulting UK (formerly Politics International) is a lobbying firm with offices in Manchester and London.
They are part of the wider Interel Group, with offices in Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, German and the USA.
Background
Interel Consulting UK is a member of the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC).
Defence sector specialists
Interel handles public affairs work for some of the biggest names in the arms and security industry, most notably Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Until recently its head of defence and security practice was Oliver Waghorn,[1] a former special adviser to Liam Fox before scandal ended his stint as a Conservative defence minister back in 2011.
At Interel Waghorn led on advising a range of defence, technology and aerospace clients on business critical issues...support[ing] major UK, US and European primes including Boeing, Finmeccanica Lockheed Martin, QinetiQ and Babcock.[2]
Concern over Waghorn's access to Whitehall and Westminster whilst working for such clients at Interel saw Thomas Docherty MP ask the then Conservative defence secretary Philip Hammond in 2013 'on how many occasions Mr Oliver Waghorn has been registered as a visitor to his Department’s main building ' since Waghorn had stopped working as Fox's adviser. Hammond replied that:
- Since November 2011, there is no record of Mr Waghorn having been registered as a visitor to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) main building [...] In addition, my private office records show both Mr Waghorn and Mr Coffey attended a meeting with me in my MOD office on 3 November 2011. [3]
People
Staff
- George McGregor, managing partner. Former special adviser to the former Secretary of State for Scotland Rt Hon Helen Liddell and a researcher for a U.S. Congressman in Washington DC[4]
- Stephen Edwards, deputy managing partner. Former researcher at the Foreign Policy Centre
- Lee Whitehill, director
- Katherine Morgan, director. Has worked in HM Treasury and the European Commission, specialising in taxation and expenditure policy.
- Oli Waghorn, director and group head of defence. former special adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence in 2010 and senior researcher to the Shadow Defence Minister in 2008.[5]
- Steve Bramall, director
- Lindsay Paterson, group practice director
- Toby Kay, group head of digital
- Bob Lewis, group head of association management
- Mary McCue, director
- Hannah Carmichael, associate director
- Brian Wadsworth, associate director. Former director for strategic roads, planning and national networks at the Department for Transport and is currently chairman of the board of European Maritime Safety Agency
- Amanda Gdula, consultant
- Anna Jobling, consultant. Former researcher for Glenda Jackson MP
- Becca Wright, consultant
- Mike Blakeney, consultant. Has also worked at public affairs companies Bell Pottinger and Good Relations
- Alice Hodgson, designer
- Craig Stanley-Adamson, head of research and intelligence. Former parliamentary assistant to Conservative MPs Anne Milton and Paul Maynard and research assistant at the Henry Jackson Society[6]
- Lucy Mears, monitoring assistant[7]
- Nick Gash, associate director. Is also a non-executive director and deputy chairman of West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and policy and public affairs advisor at Associate of Accounting Technicians[8]
APPC register
December 2014-February 2015
Michael Blakeney | Stephen Bramall | Hannah Carmichael | Stephen Edwards | Harriet Edwards | Amanda Gdula | Alice Hodgson | Huw Hopkins | Anna Jobling | Toby Kay | Bob Lewis | Mary McCue | George McGregor | Lucy Mears | Katherine Morgan | Vicki Nice | Steven Norris | Ken Penton | Keith Robson | Craig Stanley-Adamson | Brian Wadsworth | Oli Waghorn | Lee Whitehill | Becca Wright[9]
September 2014-November 2014
Michael Blakeney | Stephen Bramall | Hannah Carmichael | Stephen Edwards | John Fearn | Amanda Gdula | Alice Hodgson | Huw Hopkins | Anna Jobling | Toby Kay | Bob Lewis |Mary McCue | George McGregor | Lucy Mears | Katherine Morgan | Vicki Nice | Steven Norris | Charlotte Parsons | Ellie Staunton | Brian Wadsworth | Oli Waghorn | Lee Whitehill | Becca Wright[10]
Former staff
- Graham Hook Senior Consultant - appointed by Justine Greening as a special adviser in October 2011 in her new role as Transport Secretary [11]
- Andrew Dunlop, founder and former chairman[12]
- David Massingham, former director
- Amanda Cunningham, former finance director
- Ben Ruffels, senior consultant
- Tanya Bloom, consultant
- Sophie Waight, consultant. Is now an English teacher at British School of Language[13]
- Ben Jones, senior consultant. Former stagiaire at the European Commission, political assistant to Diana Wallis MEP, head of media for the British Liberal Democrat MEPs, chief of press officer for the Britain in Europe campaign, foreign affairs and defence adviser to the [[Liberal Democrats] in the build up to the 2010 General Election. Was hired by Interel after the Lib Dems formed a coalition in Parliament following the 2010 General Election to boost Lib Dem links. Is now chair of the Liberal Democrat policy working group on Europe.[14][15]
- Keith Butterick, associate consultant
- Clare Fraser, former consultant and head of research and intelligence. Is now a senior account executive at Cavendish Place Communications and on the young consultant' committee at the Association of Professional Political Consultants[16]
Clients
December 2014-February 2015
Abellio | Academy for Eating Disorders | Airtanker | ARCO | Avincis | Babcock | Balppa | Boeing | Bristol Water | British Art Market Foundation | Carlyle Group | Challenge | Community | ECMA | Expedia | HomeAway | IEEE | ISSA | LMM Associates | Lockheed Martin | McAfee | Nissan | Oikos Storage | Paragon | Project Management Institute | Qatar Airways | QinetiQ | Red Bull | Refuge | SABMiller | Shaw Trust | Siemens Rail | Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers | St John Ambulance | Storage Networking Industry Association | The Road Ahead Group | Veritec Solutions[9]
September 2014-November 2014
Abellio | Airtanker | ARCO | Avincis | Babcock | Balppa | Boeing | Bridgestone | Bristol Water | British Art Market FoundationChallenger | Community | Expedia | Finmeccanica | HomeAway | IEEE | Lockheed Martin | McAfee | Oikos Storage | Paragon | Project Management Institute | Qatar Airways | QinetiQ | Red Bull | Refuge | SAB Miller | Shaw Trust | Siemens Rail | Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers | St John Ambulance | Storage Networking Industry Association | The Road Ahead Group | Veritec Solutions | Wise Employment[10]
Former clients
Baby Products Association | Berwin Leighton Paisner | BII | Blue Sky | BMT | Careers Development Group | CH2M HILL | The Coca-Cola Company | Coca-Cola Great Britain | Confederation of Passenger Transport UK | Covanta Energy Ltd | EADS | Federation of Awarding Bodies | Gates Foundation | General Dynamics UK | Hitachi Europe Ltd | Invensys | Kapsch TrafficCom AG | Marcegaglia | Manchester Airports Group | Mersey Gateway | National Express | North Asset Management | A Nelson & Co | Oikos | Peel Holdings | Police Federation of England & Wales | SAAB Training Systems | Serco Integrated Transport | SSI | Virgin Atlantic Airways | Virgin Management Ltd | Virgin Money | Virgin Trains | VT Education and Skills | VT Group plc | VT Support Services | Waste Recycling Group
Contact, Resources, Notes
Contact
Address: Interel Consulting UK
Greencoat House
Francis street
London
SW1P 1DH
Website: http://www.interelconsulting.co.uk/
Resources
- Interel Consulting UK, APPC Register Entry for 1 March 2010 to 31 May 2010
- Politics International Ltd UK Staff and Clients 01.12.03 to 31.05.04
Notes
- ↑ Oliver Waghorn Linkedin, Accessed 18 September 2014
- ↑ Waghorn, LinkedIn, last accessed 6 September 2017
- ↑ PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Monday 14 October 2013 House of Commons Official Report, No 568
- ↑ George McGregor Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ Oliver Waghorn Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ Craig Stanley-Adamson Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ UK team Interel Group, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ Nick Gash Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015 APPC, accessed 31 March 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ David Singleton Transport Secretary Justine Greening hires Interel consultant as special adviser, prweek.com, 24 October 2011
- ↑ David Singleton Margaret Thatcher's ex-political secretary Sir Stephen Sherbourne joins Interel PR Week, 30 November 2011, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ Sophie Waight Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ Ben Jones biography Kings College London, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ David Singleton Public Affairs: Lib Dems take up lobby roles PR Week, 2 July 2010, accessed 21 January 2015
- ↑ Clare Fraser Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
