Simon Nayyar

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Simon Nayyar is a managing partner at Newgate Communications.

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Career

Nayyar starter his career working for Conservative MP Keith Speed.

His first lobbying role was at Westminster Strategy, before moving to Citigate Public Affairs, in 2006 he moved to Edelman but 18 months later moved to CDR Public Policy - a company under the Citigate Public Affairs umbrella.

He moved to Newgate Communications in 2011.[1]

Nayyar has also run for parliament as a Conservative candidate. Despite Lee Martin being preferred to stand for Sunderland Central and missing out in his bid to run for Nottingham South[2], he ran in the 2010 general election for Hackney South and Shoreditch, however Labour held what is traditionally a safe seat for them.[1]

Nayyar will stand as the Conservative candidate for the current Labour seat, Feltham and Heston. [3]

Education

  • University of York, 1985-1988. [4]

Affiliations

  • A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a City liveryman. [5]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 David Singleton Sharp suits and plans to blaze a trail in lobbying Public Affairs News, 1 March 2013, accessed 1 October 2014
  2. Nayyar won't quit bid for Tory seat PR Week, 1 August 2007, 1 October 2014
  3. Simon Nayyar selected to fight Feltham and Heston seat Worcester News, 18 September 2014, accessed 1 October 2014
  4. Simon Nayyar Linkedin undated, accessed 1 October 2014
  5. Our People Newgatecomms, undated, accessed 1 October 2014