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McLoughlin was previously deputy head of policy at the [[Institute of Directors]] from June 2014 until August 2016, and before that was associate partner at PR and lobbying firm [[Bell Pottinger]]. <ref> Daniel Farey-Jones, [http://www.prweek.com/article/1300758/james-mcloughlin-depart-bell-pottinger-institute-directors James McLoughlin to depart Bell Pottinger for Institute of Directors], PRWeek, 26 June 2014, accessed 6 December 2016 </ref>   
 
McLoughlin was previously deputy head of policy at the [[Institute of Directors]] from June 2014 until August 2016, and before that was associate partner at PR and lobbying firm [[Bell Pottinger]]. <ref> Daniel Farey-Jones, [http://www.prweek.com/article/1300758/james-mcloughlin-depart-bell-pottinger-institute-directors James McLoughlin to depart Bell Pottinger for Institute of Directors], PRWeek, 26 June 2014, accessed 6 December 2016 </ref>   

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James (Jimmy) McLoughlin is a special adviser on business relations at Number 10 Downing Street.

McLoughlin was previously deputy head of policy at the Institute of Directors from June 2014 until August 2016, and before that was associate partner at PR and lobbying firm Bell Pottinger. [1]

He is the son of former Conservative transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, who was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by the incoming prime minister Theresa May in July 2016. [2]

Former staff

  • James McLoughlin, was IoD deputy head of policy from June 2014 until August 2016 when he joined Number 10 Downing St as an adviser to prime minister Theresa May. He is the son of former transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, who was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by Theresa May in July 2016. [3]


Career

McLoughlin began his career working on Boris Johnson's Mayoral campaign.

In 2009 he joined lobbyists Fleishman-Hillard as an account executive and later an account manager and then in 2011 moved to Bell Pottinger.

In 2014 he joined the Institute of Directors as its deputy head of policy.[4] At the IoD, McLoughlin reported to James Sproule, the chief economist and director of policy.[5]

Education

Family

  • Patrick McLoughlin, father. Transport secretary and the Conservative Party MP for Derbyshire Dales since 2010. In 2015 Patrick caused controversy by failing to declare that his son is involved in lobbying the public sector.[6]

Notes

  1. Daniel Farey-Jones, James McLoughlin to depart Bell Pottinger for Institute of Directors, PRWeek, 26 June 2014, accessed 6 December 2016
  2. Patrick McLoughlin, www.parliament.co.uk, accessed 6 December 2016
  3. Patrick McLoughlin, www.parliament.co.uk, accessed 6 December 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 Linkedin James McLoughlin, accessed 23 July 2015.
  5. Daniel Farey-Jones James McLoughlin to depart Bell Pottinger for Institute of Directors PR Week, 26 June 2014, accessed 23 July 2015.
  6. David Singleton MPs' family lobbying links revealed... but Amber Rudd fails to come clean Total Politics, 22 July 2015, accessed 23 July 2015.