Glenn Cooper

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Glenn Cooper is the president of security bollard and vehicle barrier systems manufacturers ATG Access Ltd.

Career

Cooper started his career as a materials manager at Qualcast (now Atco) in 1972; in 1986 he moved to EDMS as a director; he was then appointed managing director of ICS Triplex in 1990; and a non-executive director of Systech Group in 2001.

He is currently a director of CoBaCo, president of ATG Access and investor at Alderwell SASS.[1]

Helping British businesses

In June 2013 Cooper was announced by David Cameron as one of six business leaders on the Business-led taskforce on EU regulation who will identify the European rules and regulations that need abolition or reform to help British Businesses grow. The other five leaders were: Ian Cheshire (CEO Kingfisher), Paul Walsh (chairman Compass Group and former CEO of Diageo), Dale Murray (non-executive director BIS), Marc Bolland (chief executive Marks & Spencers) and Louise Makin (CEO BTG).[2][3] The group reported in September 2013 and reported back one year on in November 2014.

Letter to the Telegraph

On 1 April 2015 Cooper was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[4]

Education

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Linkedin Glenn Cooper, accessed 1 April 2015.
  2. ATG Access ATG Access' MD at the helm of an EU regulation review, accessed 1 April 2015.
  3. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills Business taskforce asks companies to help target EU red tape Gov.UK, 11 July 2013, accessed 8 April 2015.
  4. Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 1 April 2015.