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Petar left [[BICOM]] in 2005.<ref name="DonorRevelations">Jim Pickard and Sam Jones, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3efa8118-f63b-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a.html#axzz22y65EsmT Donor revelations add to pressure on Fox], FT.com, 14 October 2011.</ref> | Petar left [[BICOM]] in 2005.<ref name="DonorRevelations">Jim Pickard and Sam Jones, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3efa8118-f63b-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a.html#axzz22y65EsmT Donor revelations add to pressure on Fox], FT.com, 14 October 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | According the ''Telegraph'', [[Ed Balls]] believed that Petar was part of a [[David Miliband|David]]] "Miliband for Leader Working Group" in early 2006: | ||
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| + | ::On his personal notepaper, Mr Balls listed [[Geoff Mulgan]], a former Blair adviser; [[Jonathan Kestenbaum]], former chief executive of the [[National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts]]; and [[Alastair Campbell]], the former No 10 communications chief, as likely suspects. | ||
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| + | ::[[James O’Keefe]] and [[Lee Petar]], who founded the political consultancy Tetra Strategy in 2007, are also listed.<ref>Holly watt, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/8567033/Labour-coup-Ed-Balls-kept-secret-list-of-Blairite-opponents.html Labour coup: Ed Balls kept secret list of Blairite opponents], ''The Telegraph'', 10 June 2011.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:04, 8 August 2012
Lee Petar is a founding partner at lobbyist Tetra Strategy. He was previously a founding director of BICOM (Britain Israel Communications Centre).[1]
According the Telegraph, Ed Balls believed that Petar was part of a David] "Miliband for Leader Working Group" in early 2006:
- On his personal notepaper, Mr Balls listed Geoff Mulgan, a former Blair adviser; Jonathan Kestenbaum, former chief executive of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts; and Alastair Campbell, the former No 10 communications chief, as likely suspects.
- James O’Keefe and Lee Petar, who founded the political consultancy Tetra Strategy in 2007, are also listed.[3]
Tetra Strategy
Petar founded Tetra Strategy in 2007 with James O'Keefe.[4]
In 2008, Tetra won a contract, reportedly worth £500,000 to represent the Emirate of Dubai, with Mr Petar reporting directly to the office of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.[5]
Werritty Affair
Petar introduced Adam Werritty, an associate of former Defence Secretary Liam Fox to the venture capitalist Harvey Boulter, prompting a controversial meeting between then Defence Secretary Liam Fox and Mr Boulter in Dubai in June 2011.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Lee is a Founding Partner at Tetra Strategy., Tetra Strategy, accessed 8 August 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jim Pickard and Sam Jones, Donor revelations add to pressure on Fox, FT.com, 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Holly watt, Labour coup: Ed Balls kept secret list of Blairite opponents, The Telegraph, 10 June 2011.
- ↑ About, The Tetra Model, Tetra Strategy, accessed 8 August 2012.
- ↑ Candice Krieger, Lee Petar goes from Bicom to doing PR for the Sheikh of Dubai, JC.com, 6 June 2008.
