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Simon Astley

Simon Astley was the director of parliamentary relations at BAE Systems before joining engineering and construction giant Balfour Beatty in October 2010 to take up the newly created post of head of public affairs. David Singleton, Simon Astley moves on from BAE Systems for lobbying role at Balfour Beatty, PR Week, 13 October 2010, accessed same date. 
==Background==
Astley worked at BAE Systems for seven years. Previously, he headed external and public affairs at the Civil Engineering Contractors Association. David Singleton, Simon Astley moves on from BAE Systems for lobbying role at Balfour Beatty, PR Week, 13 October 2010, accessed same date. 
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Simon Baugh

Simon Baugh is the Chief Executive of the Government Communication Service since October 2021.
==Career==
After graduating from university, Baugh joined trade union AEEU (now part of Unite). He started off his career there as a political organiser in 1999 and was promoted to head of media in 2001.
In 2003 he joined lobbyists AS Biss & Co (now part of MHP Communications) as a senior consultant.
Baugh then joined Heathrow Airport Holdings, first as head of public affairs, before later becoming director of airport communications and then director of media and public relations.
In March 2015 he was appointed group director of communications at the Department for Transport. Linkedin Simon Baugh, accessed 24 June 2015. He replaced Vickie Sheriff, who joined alcohol giants Diageo in 2014. Anna Reynolds Department for Transport hires Heathrow PR director Simon Baugh PR Week, 3 February 2015, accessed 24 June 2015.
*Director Of Communications and Engagement Department for Exiting the European Union Aug 2019 - Feb 2020 
*Director Of Communications UK Home Office Feb 2020 - Oct 2021 
*Chief Executive Government Communication Service Oct 2021 - Present 
==University==
*BA, Politics and Parliamentary Studies, University of Leeds 1995 – 1999
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Simon Belt

Simon Belt is an IT consultant and is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network, being a technical consultant for the Institute of Ideas, "People" Institute of Ideas website, accessed 29 May 2010 a speaker at the Battle of Ideas, a writer for Culture Wars, an organiser of the Manchester Salon, "People", Manchester Salon website, accessed 29 May 2010 an adjudicator for Debating Matters and a shareholder of Spiked Ltd. Companies House, Spiked Ltd. AR01 Annual Return 2010
==Resources==
:Personal website: Simon Belt
:Professional website: Simply Better IT
:Twitter: SimonBelt
==Notes==
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Simon Best

Simon Best is a 'serial entrepreneur' working in venture capital and pharmaceuticals. He is is CEO of Aquapharm Ltd, a marine biotechnology company, Chairman of the University of Edinburgh’s BioQuarter initiative and Program Committee Chair of the International Potato Center.International Potato Center Simon Best, Accessed 7 July 2013
Best 'built three substantial ventures as founding CEO between 1991 and 2005: Zeneca Plant Science, Roslin BioMed, and Ardana. Between 2005 and 2010 he built a portfolio of chair, board, and advisory roles with biotech companies, investors, and public sector bodies in Europe, the USA, and India. He was the Chairman of the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) from 2006-2007 and Vice-Chairman of BIO in the USA from 1994-96.'
In 2001, Best joined the Board of ICRISAT and served as Chair from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, Best was appointed to the CIP Board.
Best received his Bachelor of Music from the University of York in 1977 and his MBA from London Business School in 1985. In 2004, he was awarded an Honorary PhD from the University of York. In 2007, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). In June 2008, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and was made an Honorary Professor of Medicine by the University of Edinburgh.
==Connections and views==
===LM network connections===
Best is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network, having written for Spiked "Don’t neglect Biotech", Spiked website, May/June 2009, accessed 29 May 2010 Simon Best The scientific method, and the basic statistical tools that support it, Spiked, May/June 2005. and being a shareholder of Spiked Ltd. Companies House, Spiked Ltd. AR01 Annual Return 2010
===Science Media Centre role===
Best donated an unspecified sum to the Science Media Centre in 2003 and 2004 according to the SMC.Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2002-2013. 
*Nov 2003 http://web.archive.org/web/20040214043237/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/funding.htm
*Oct 2004 http://web.archive.org/web/20041205182639/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/funding.htm ; and http://web.archive.org/web/20051029205959/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/funding.htm
The Science Media Centre has cited Best on a number of occasions in its public relations releases. In these citations he was referred to as follows:
*'Scientific community' - CEO, Ardana Bioscience Ltd (14 May 2002)Science Media Centre, Scientific community responds to GeneWatch UK report MAY 14, 2002
*'Scientist' - Chairman of the BIA (BioIndustry Association) Scotland (14 February 2003)Science Media Centre Scientists comment on death of Dolly the sheep Post date GMT: 2003-02-14 00:00:00
*'Scientist' - Chair of Biotechnology Industry Association in Scotland (21 April 2004)Science Media Centre Scientists respond to 'Mice Without a Father' paper published in Nature Post date GMT: 2004-04-21 00:00:00
It appears, however, that Best is not a scientist in the sense that his first degree (in music) and his Masters (in Business) were not in scientific disciplines.
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Simon Bishop

Simon Bishop was a special adviser for Justine Greening, until she was appointed Education Secretary in July 2016. In November 2016, he was appointed to a top position in global children’s charity Plan International. Rod Muir, Plan International grabs Greening spad, Public Affairs News, 2 November 2016. Accessed 16 December 2016. 
==Career==
Bishop was Greening's special adviser in the Department for International Development, when she was secretary of state for international development. HM Government July 2014, Dods Monitoring, accessed 22 September 2014 For his special adviser role to Mrs Greening, Bishop was paid an annual salary of £74,000. Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014 GOV.UK, accessed 30 April 2015 
He is a former foreign correspondent for the BBC and formerly worked for UNHCR in Ethiopia, the European Commission's Humanitarian Office in Brussels and the United Nations Secretariat in New York. Rod Muir, Plan International grabs Greening spad, Public Affairs News, 2 November 2016. Accessed 16 December 2016. 
==Background== 
Previous roles include, trustee to Trade out of Poverty, trustee to Project Harar, strategy adviser to The Prince's Charities, director of market development at the United Nations Foundation (UNF), head of policy communications at Shell Foundation as well as being a Midwest reporter at the BBC in Chicago. Simon Bishop LinkedIn profile, accessed 6 October 2014 
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Simon Bollom

Air Marshal Sir Simon Bollom is the former Chief of Materiel (Air) (COM AIR) in Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) at the British Ministry of Defence. 
He left the MOD in April 2016 and in July 2017 set up his own independent consultancy, taking on commissions with CH2M and KPMG.
==Career==
Sir Simon was COM AIR between 1 October 2012 and 29 April 2016. His last day in Crown service was 27 September 2016.
According to ACOBA:
:As COM AIR Sir Simon led the Air sector and was responsible for the acquisition and support for all fixed wing and fast jet aircraft. He was a member for the Air Force and DE&S Executive Boards, the senior airworthiness engineer and RAF Chief Engineer and was responsible and accountable for the leadership of 12 integrated project teams comprising 1600 personnel with an annual budget of approximately £3.5bn.
:Sir Simon is proposing to set up an independent consultancy offering general advisory work on business strategy, project management, and safety engineering with a particular emphasis on aviation. He has registered a company for this purpose called Altus Advisory Limited.
==Resources==
*CAAT Meetings Simon Bollom, Political Influence database.
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Simon Brocklebank-Fowler

Simon Edward Brocklebank-Fowler (born 26 September 1961) is a former diplomat and investment banker who heads the corporate communications firm and Conservative Party donor Cubitt Consulting. He was appointed a Trustee of the right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange on 12 October 2010.
==Career==
Brocklebank-Fowler worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1982 to 1986 and then as an investment banker until 1992. Debrett's People of Today, Simon Brocklebank-Fowler, Esq [Accessed 3 January 2010] During this time he worked at Kleinwort Benson and NM Rothschild and served as a Tory member of Westminster City Council. He stood for election as a Tory candidate for Stockton North in 1992, but was defeated. Robert Gray, 'Profile: Simon Brocklebank-Fowler, Cubitt Consulting - A diplomatic IR approach', PR Week UK, 27 November 1998
He was a director of Shandwick Consultants Ltd from 1992 to 1994 and managing director of Citigate Communications Ltd from 1995 to 1998. In 1998 he founded the corporate communications firm Cubitt Consulting. He was a member of the Advisory Board of Cass Business School from 2004 to 2008 and has since been an honorary visiting fellow. He has been a fellow at the Investor Relations Society since 1998 and a trustee of Policy Exchange since October 2010. Debrett's People of Today, Simon Brocklebank-Fowler, Esq [Accessed 3 January 2010]
==Family connections==
He is reportedly the son of Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler, the only Conservative MP who defected to the Social Democratic Party. 'DIARY: Debrett's Honours 33 Top Communicators With 'People Of Today' Entry', PR Week UK, 17 January 2003 According to a 1998 PR Week UK article his mother worked for Burson-Marsteller, his father was a director of communication group Lopex and his wife Alexandra Robson was then deputy managing director of upmarket consumer agency Aurelia PR. Robert Gray, 'Profile: Simon Brocklebank-Fowler, Cubitt Consulting - A diplomatic IR approach', PR Week UK, 27 November 1998
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Simon Brook

Simon Brook was chief broadcasting officer at the Conservative Party Central Office from 1989 to 1995. Simon Brook, 'Tories always see BBC bias', The Times, 2 July 1999; p.42 In 1999 he wrote an article for the Independent in which he recalled an encounter with the BBC Director-General John Birt:
Back in 1993, at the Tory conference, I bumped into him. "Do you think your party regards us as biased?" he asked. It seemed a naive question."I'm afraid so," I said."What can we do to persuade them?""Nothing," I replied. Simon Brook, 'Tories always see BBC bias', The Times, 2 July 1999; p.42
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Simon Brooker

Simon Brooker is Managing Director at SRB Associates. He was previously Commercial Director at The Online Broker; Project Manager - IFA Development at FirstPlus Financial Plc.Linked in Simon Brooker, accessed 5 September 2008 The company Secretary of SRB is listed as Mike Brooker of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.
==Career==
The following details are from Brooker's Linked In profile:
* Managing Director SRB Associates (Financial Services industry) September 2005 — Present (3 years 1 month) Specialist financial services consultancy focussing on the UK lending market and encompassing all aspects of the lending process from new business acquisition through to arrears and book management.
*Commercial Director The Online Broker (Financial Services industry) June 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 2 months) Online lead generation site aimed at generating secured loan leads through online advertising and other marketing activities.
*Project Manager - IFA Development FirstPlus Financial Plc (Financial Services industry) October 2004 — June 2005 (9 months) Project manager on new market entry project for FirstPlus into the UK intermediary market.
===Education===
* University of Exeter Ba Combined Honours, History & Politics, 1996 — 1999Linked in Simon Brooker, accessed 5 September 2008
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Simon Burns

Simon Burns has been Conservative Party MP for Chelmsford since 2010, retaining his seat with a majority of 18,250. Simon Burns Express, accessed 19 May 2015 He was previously MP for Chelmsford 1987-1997, and MP for West Chelmsford 1997-2010.Rt Hon Mr Simon Burns, www.parliament.uk, accssed 7 October 2013.
Burns was appointed as a Minister of State at the Department of Health in 2010.Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments, guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
He was junior health minister at the end of John Major's Government and a shadow health minister from 2001-05.
According to the Health Service Journal: "His brief is wide but his responsibility for “legislation” is the most significant, as he will be the key link between Tory MPs worried about health reforms and Mr Lansley. His main job for 2011 will be to work the Commons tea rooms and keep the troops in line.Health Service Journal, HSJ100 2010, 17 November, 2010 
Burns left the Government in October 2013.Michael Moore axed as Scottish secretary as reshuffle begins, BBC News, 7 October 2013.
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Simon Burton

Simon Burton was appointed as special adviser for the Department for Transport to Patrick McLoughlin in May 2014. HM Government July 2014, Dods Monitoring, accessed 22 September 2014 
==Career==
From April 2013 until May 2014 Burton was part of the policy and briefing team at Post Office. Before this he was a political adviser to the Conservative Party for two years. Simon Burton LinkedIn profile, accessed 22 September 2014. 
From 2009 Burton was a constituency organiser at the Huntingdon Conservative Association for two years. Before this, he was a constituency assistant for the office of Jonathan Djanogly MP from September 2007 until October 2009. 
==Education==
Burton studied at the University of Hull where he undertook a Master of Arts in Legislative Studies (2006 until 2008) and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics (2006). 
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Simon Cawte

Simon Cawte was Special Adviser (2010-2012) to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Caroline Spelman.Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10 He is now Senior Communications Manager at Battersea Power Station Development Company. ACOBA, Former crown servants appointments 2012, Accessed 8 September 2014 
==Background==
==Controversies==
===Public funds for party political work===
In August 2008, the News of the World claimed that Caroline Spelman was using public money to employ Cawte as her aide - while he was undertaking party political work for the Conservative party - in contravention of parliamentary rules. While Shadow Local Government Secretary, Spelman used her parliamentary staffing allowances to pay chief of staff Cawte his £47,500 annual salary for up to two years. Spelman's spokesperson defended her, saying:
::It is entirely wrong to suggest Simon Cawte was not paid in accordance with the rules. Simon Cawte was employed to support Caroline Spelman in her role as part of the Official Opposition in Parliament... He discharged duties such as speech writing and answering correspondence relating to Caroline Spelman's role as the Shadow Local Government Secretary. This is entirely permissable within the rules.
However, he wrote openly pro-Conservative political letters. In October 2006, he wrote to campaigners for an English Parliament saying: "The only way to guarantee the abolition of regional assemblies is to ensure that the Conservatives form the next government as they are the only main party committed to their abolition". Additionally, Cawte was involved in the party's council election campaigns.Jamie Lyons, "Spel, the end?", News of the World, 17.08.08, accessed 14.09.10 When Cawte moved with Spelman as she took up the appointment of Party Chairman in 2007, the party began to pick up his salary.Rosa Prince, "Caroline Spelman denies fresh sleaze claims ", The Telegraph, 17.08.08, accessed 14.09.10
==Contact, Resources, Notes==
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Simon Clark

Simon Clark is a right wing/libertarian activist who is the director of tobacco lobby group FOREST maintains a blog titled Taking Liberties for a libertarian organisation called The Free Society.
==Background==
According to an account by a member of MENSA:
:One prominent member of FCS was Simon Clark. He edited a magazine Campus from 1983 which put forward the views of the right wing of the FCS. He was also associated with the Russian émigré group NTS and later became director of the Media Monitoring Unit. The MMU was funded by right-wing business interests and searched for leftist bias in the media, particularly television. Although not a member of Mensa, Clark was appointed editor of the Mensa Magazine and continued as such until quite recently.Alan Edmonds MEMORIES OF MENSA COMMENSAL ISSUE 102 The Newsletter of the Philosophical Discussion Group Of British Mensa Number 102 : August 2000 ARTICLES May 2000 : NOTE : this paper was delivered at the PDG Conference, Braziers Park, May 2000.
According to Clark's own account:
:Julian Lewis and I go back a long way. From 1983-85 he helped raise funds to support a national student magazine that I founded and edited. (One of our goals was to strike a blow against the closed shop system whereby undergraduates had to be members of the National Union of Students.) For five years thereafter I worked for him as director of the Media Monitoring Unit which he founded in 1985 with former Labour minister Lord Chalfont to combat unrestrained political bias on television news and current affairs.Simon Clark Rights and wrongs of free speech Monday, November 26, 2007
Clark is a non-smoker. House of Commons,Select Committee on Health Minutes of Evidence, 20 January 2000, accessed 20 April 2011
==Resources==
Blog: http://taking-liberties.squarespace.com/
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Simon Cursey

Simon Cursey is a former British soldier who claims to have been a member of the Military Reaction Force.Mark Nicol, The 'murder and mayhem' squad: Shocking new revelations by former undercover soldier who carried out 'shoot first, ask questions later' attacks on IRA terrorists for the British Army, MailOnline, 22 December 2012.
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Simon Ellis

Simon Ellis (Born 1955) is a former director of Hakluyt from 20 October 2006 to 22 March 2007.
==Career==
Ellis has worked as managing director of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Swedbank Press release 15 March 2007, accessed 24 September 2014 
In 2007 he became a director of Swedbank.
==Education== 
Has a BA/MA in Modern History from Oxford University.
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Simon Evans

Simon Evans is a Miami-based sports reporter who works for Reuters news agency.Simon Evans, About Simon Evans, SGE, Accessed 14-August-2009
==History==
Simon Evans was born in Burnley and supports the local team Burnley FC. He studied at Nelson and Colne College before moving on to take political science at Newcastle University between 1988 and 1991.Simon Evans, Sports Journalist at Reuters, LinkedIn, Accessed 14-August-2009 
Evans left the UK to work in Budapest covering Eastern European football. On leaving Hungary Evans moved to Italy in 1999 and worked in Milan for 8 years until 2007 covering Italian football and the Champions League. In 2007 he moved to Miami to cover North American sports.Simon Evans, EPL Talk Podcast #127: Simon Evans, Laurence McKenna, EPL, Accessed 14-August-2009Simon Evans, Soul of soccer survives in Florida, Reuters Soccer Blog, 21-April-2009
==Resources==
*Weblog SGE Simon Evans
*Twitter SGEvans
==Notes==
Simon Fogal

Simon Fogel is a trustee of the Friends of Lev Aryeh Yeshiva, a British charity. According to data lodged at the UK Charity Commission the charity operates in the UK and in Israel.Charity Commission Website Charity Overview. Accessed 6 July 2015. However, the Lev Aryeh Yeshiva is in fact based in Neve Yaakov, an illegal Israeli settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.Yeshiva Lev Aryeh Website About. Accessed 6 July 2015. B'Tselem Website Settlements. Accessed 6 July 2015.
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Simon Glasson

Simon Glasson is a special adviser (SPaD) to the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. MWW UK Government Chart July 2015, accessed 8 July 2015.
==Career==
Glasson began working as a parliamentary adviser in the House of Commons in September 2011, before moving to the Conservative Party as a political adviser a year later in October 2015. Linkedin Simon Glasson, accessed 4 June 2015.
Since the 2015 UK general election Glasson has been working with George Osborne in the Treasury.
==Education==
*BA English and Politics, University of Cambridge 2007 – 2011
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Simon Glynn

Simon Glynn is the director of the Community Security Group in Victoria, Australia.Phoebe Roth, CSG:alert but not alarmed, Australian Jewish News, 26 November 2012.
Glynn was previously head of the Community Security Trust in Britain for 14 years.Peter Kohn, Curbing crime a mouse click away, Australian jewish news, 27 February 2012.
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Simon Gulliford

Appointed as an independent non-executive director at St James's Place Group in May 2005 and is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. He is Chief Executive of Simon Gulliford Ltd, an independent marketing consultancy, prior to which he was Group Marketing Director of Barclays plc. Other directorships include William Jackson & Sons Ltd and Archant Newspapers. Formerly he was also Marketing Development Director of EMAP plc and Marketing Director of Sears plc. He is a Council member of the Marketing Group of Great Britain and a Fellow of the Marketing Society.
== Notes ==
# St James's Place website The Directors, last viewed 01/02/07
Simon Hart

Simon Hart was elected the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire in May 2010.About Simon, Simon Hart MP, accessed 25 August 2012. In the 2015 general election, Hart retained his seat with a majority of 6,054. Simon Hart Express, accessed 15 May 2015 
Hart was Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance for seven years. He also previously worked as a chartered surveyor in Carmarthen and Haverfordwest and served with the Territorial Army for five years.About Simon, Simon Hart MP, accessed 25 August 2012.
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