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.

Interel, Greencoat House, Francis Street, SW1P

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

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

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

Notes

  1. Oliver Waghorn Linkedin, Accessed 18 September 2014
  2. Waghorn, LinkedIn, last accessed 6 September 2017
  3. PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Monday 14 October 2013 House of Commons Official Report, No 568
  4. George McGregor Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
  5. Oliver Waghorn Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
  6. Craig Stanley-Adamson Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
  7. UK team Interel Group, accessed 21 January 2015
  8. Nick Gash Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
  9. 9.0 9.1 Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015 APPC, accessed 31 March 2015
  10. 10.0 10.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 21 January 2015
  11. David Singleton Transport Secretary Justine Greening hires Interel consultant as special adviser, prweek.com, 24 October 2011
  12. David Singleton Margaret Thatcher's ex-political secretary Sir Stephen Sherbourne joins Interel PR Week, 30 November 2011, accessed 21 January 2015
  13. Sophie Waight Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015
  14. Ben Jones biography Kings College London, accessed 21 January 2015
  15. David Singleton Public Affairs: Lib Dems take up lobby roles PR Week, 2 July 2010, accessed 21 January 2015
  16. Clare Fraser Linkedin, accessed 21 January 2015

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