Richard Sharp

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Richard Sharp is an influential former investment banker, who was chairman of Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area in Europe until 2006. He sits on the board and is a director of the right-wing Centre for Policy Studies think tank. [1][2]

Career

Sharp worked for Goldman Sachs for 22 years, leaving in 2006. As Chairman of Goldman Sachs’ Principal Investment Area in Europe, he had responsibility for European Private Equity and Mezzanine Funds.

Activities

Government adviser

In August 2010 Sharp was one of four City figures invited by UK chancellor George Osborne to join the HM Treasury Independent Challenge Group, whose remit is to “question the unquestionable” in the Treasury's austerity drive.

Donations to the Conservative Party

Sharp donated £404,000 to the Conservatives between 2002 and March 2011. [3]

He is also a funder and supporter of London Mayor Boris Johnson, both personally and through his Sharp Foundation, and is a member of the Mayor of London’s Legacy Board of Advisors. [1][4]

Biography

Sharp is married to Victoria, with whom he founded London Music Masters, a London based charity.[1]

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Affiliations

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Resources

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richard Sharp, Centre for Policy Studies, accessed 16 march 2011
  2. Robert Winnett, Conservatives: The 50 most influential figures on the new Right, The Telegraph, 11 May 2008
  3. Electoral Commission, [link], March 2011
  4. 4.0 4.1 Dave Hill, Johnson and Veronica Wadley: Victoria Sharp and the Mayor's Fund, guardian.co.uk, 18 June 2010, accessed 16 March 2010