Michael Lewis

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Michael Lewis is a director of the South African retailer Foschini Ltd. He is also the founder of the Israeli biotech company ProChon Biotech Limited.[1]

In October 2005, Defence Secretary Liam Fox flew to the United States with five newly elected MPs - Mark Harper, John Penrose, Brooks Newmark, Adam Holloway and Philip Dunne. In the register of members interests, all the MPs said their flights and accomodation had been paid for using a donation from Michael Lewis.[2]

Lewis was on the board of directors of Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) between 6 September 2006 - 3 Dec 2007[3] and served as Vice Chairman until 2007, after which point 'he has had no involvement in the organisation, save as a donor', according to a clarification published in the Guardian.[4]

Another clarification in October 2011 by the Guardian stated it had incorrectly stated that Lewis had arranged a trip in 2009 to a security seminar in Israel for Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty. "Mr Lewis... remains a donor to Bicom but has never had involvement in Mr Werritty's travel arrangements".[5]

Lewis has donated £13,832 to Fox's defunct Atlantic Bridge charity.[6]

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  1. ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  2. Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011.
  3. BICOM Appointments 13 June 2012, Companies House via Powerbase.
  4. Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011
  5. Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011, amended 19 October 2011
  6. Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011
  7. Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
  8. ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  9. ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  10. ISD Board of Trustees, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, accessed 16 October 2011.
  11. Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.
  12. Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October 2011.