Arms Trade Lobbying Portal

A guide to the lobbyists, politicians and ex-civil servants working with the arms trade	
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This portal examines the political influence and lobbying by the arms and securities industries in the UK and beyond.
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The arms trade revolving door
Many retired top military brass, politicians and government officials go on to work in the arms and security industries. Below is a snapshot of some who've snapped up lucrative jobs. SEE FULL LIST OF PROFILES.
Arms trade lobbyists
*Vice Admiral Peter Hudson - worked with global PR and lobbying giant Burson Marsteller, now with BAE Systems
*Oliver Waghorn - former special adviser to Liam Fox, now BAE Systems government relations director
*Brigadier Jon Brittain - former UK head of defence logistics and the Joint Forces Command, now a partner at Terrington Management
*Christopher Williams, former Cabinet Office private secretary, now Lockheed Martin UK lobbyist
Military Revolvers
====Army====
* General Sir Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army
* General Sir David Richards, former head of the British Army
* General Sir Peter Wall, former Chief of the General Staff
* Lieutenant General Richard Applegate former Chief of Materiel (Land)
* Lieutenant General Sir Mark Mans, former senior British Army
* Sir Graeme Lamb, former Commander Field Army
* Sir Paul Newton, former Commander Force Development and Training
* Major-General Graham Binns
* Nicholas Davies (Brigadier)‎‎
====Navy====
* Jonathan Band, former head of the Royal Navy
* Baron Michael Boyce, former Admiral of the Fleet
* Vice Admiral Peter Hudson
* Admiral Sir Trevor Soar 
* Admiral George Zambellas, former First Sea Lord/Chief of Staff
* Read Admiral Simon Williams
====RAF====
* Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper 
* Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson
* Air Marshal Peter Ruddock, CBE, CB
* Air Vice-Marshal Peter Ewen
* Air Vice Marshal John Ponsonby 
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy 
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge
* Air Commodore Jonathan Ager 
====MOD and FCO====
* Air Commodore Simon Moss, former senior civil servant at UK MOD
* Sir Kevin Tebbit, former MOD permanent under-secretary
* Lord Peter Ricketts, former UK national security adviser 
*Mark Green
Former ministers and politicians
*James Arbuthnot - former Conservative minister
*Julian Brazier- former Conservative minister
*Lord Hutton - former Labour minister
*Peter Luff- former Conservative minister
*Sir Geoffrey Pattie - former Conservative minister, founder of defence lobbying firm Terrington Management
*John Patten
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