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Groupe Caisse d'Epargne

Groupe Caisse d'Epargne is a French banking group founded in 1818.
==Record and Controversies==
===Revolving Door===
:*François Pérol, Chairman of the Management Board since March 2009, has been deputy Chief of Staff to the French President Nicolas Sarkozy since May 2007. Prior to that he was deputy Principal Private Secretary to Nicolas Sarkozy, when he was French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry. He was appointed by Sarkozy after the French Government agreed to inject €5 billion into the bank.Economist, "Elitism rules OK," 05 March 2009, accessed 11 January 2011.
:*Nicolas Sarkozy, President of Groupe Caisse d'Epargne, is President of the French Republic.Bloomberg Businessweek, Terra Economica, SAS, accessed 11 January 2011.
==Contact==
:Website:
:http://www.groupe.caisse-epargne.com/
==Resources==
*Bloomberg Businessweek, Terra Economica, SAS, accessed 11 January 2011.
*Economist, "Elitism rules OK," 05 March 2009, accessed 11 January 2011.
==Notes==
Category: Financial Revolving Door
Grovepoint Capital

Grovepoint Capital is a London-based private equity firm, founded in 2010 by Leon Blitz and Bradley Fried. 'Grovepoint Capital Home', Grovepoint Capital, accessed 19 May 2016 
In 2013, Fried, who was formerly the head of Investec, also started up Grovepoint Credit, a fund designed to lend to faltering UK businesses. He founded the credit firm with Dennis Levine, founder of Burdale Financial. 'Former Investec chief starts fund to lend to troubled UK groups', 30 June 2013, Financial Times, accessed 25 May 2016 
==Britain stronger in Europe donor==
Grovepoint is also one of the top contributors to the remain camp in the run up to Britain's referendum on its membership of the European Union, on 23 June 2016.
==Donations==
*Britain Stronger in Europe - £250,000 on 10 February 2016 to pro-EU campaign in the UK's EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016 Electoral Commision, Donor Search EU referendum, accessed 13 May 2016
==Notes==
Category: Brexit Category: UK
Category:Brexit ‘remain’ donor
Growers for Biotechnology

Growers for Biotechnology is a North Dakota, US-based lobby group that promotes the use of GM crops in farming.Who We Are, Growers for Biotechnology website, accessed 17 July 2009 
Its chairman, Allan Skogen, has lobbied for the introduction of GM wheat (see (Allan Skogen).
In March 2009 Growers for Biotechnology picked up the tab for Monsanto's controversial private dinner with lawmakers in Montana - after which, the lawmakers decided to shelve a bill that would have required Monsanto and other companies to get permission from a farmer before taking a sample from their crops.Kahrin Deines, "Biotech seed bill tabled by Montana senators", Associated Press, 26 March 2009
Such sampling, often done by the company's representatives without first notifying farmers or asking their permission, is highly controversial. It has often been the prelude for lawsuits launched by Monsanto against farmers for alleged patent infringement regarding the company's patented GM seeds.Press coverage of these cases has been widespread. The issues are summarised in the Sourcewatch article "Goliath and David: Monsanto's Legal Battles against Farmers", which provides links to other articles on the subject.
==People==
As of July 2009:[http://www.growersforwheatbiotechnology.org/html/info.cfm?ID=266 Who We Are, Growers for Biotechnology website, accessed 17 July 2009
*Allan Skogen – chairman. Past president of the North Dakota Grain Growers Association.
*Bruce Freitag – vice-chairman
*Douglas R. Jones – producer-director
*Larry Diedrich – producer-director. Founding member of Foundation Earth.
*Terry Wanzek – producer-director. Former North Dakota State Senator and chaired the North Dakota Senate Agriculture Committee while in office. First vice-chairman of the North Dakota Grain Growers Association.
*Mike Waters – producer-director 
*Jeff Topp – producer-director. County director to the North Dakota Wheat Commission and is on the Board of Directors of Dakota Grain.
*Doyle Lentz – producer-director 
*Paul Aasness – producer-director. Former Minnesota State Representative 1978-1982, served 9 years as a director of the Minnesota Wheat Research & Promotion Council and two years on the board of US Wheat Associates.
*Art Brandli – producer-director. Serves on the Minnesota Wheat Research & Promotion Council and is the co-chair of the US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative.
==Notes==
Category:GMCategory:GM Farm Lobby
Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos

|250px|thumb|right|Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos logo circa 2015, Credit: [http://soerenkern.com/grupo-de-estudios-estrategicos/ Soerenkern] 
Founded in 1987, the Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos(GEES), known in English as the Strategic Studies Group, is a Spanish think tank based in Madrid.
The Group's primary objective is to advise Spanish officials on foreign affairs and defense-related topics. It also aims to influence the domestic debate on strategic and international affairs.Basic Objectives, GEES, accessed 7 January 2009.
GEES claims to provide "common-sense insights from a conservative, center-right perspective."
::We are strong believers in the transatlantic alliance, and we strive to defend and improve the institutions of Western freedom and democratic capitalism, such as limited government, private enterprise, individual liberty and responsibility, and a strong defense.Basic Objectives, GEES, accessed 7 January 2009.
The group's fundraising pitch reflects its right-wing credentials:
::our steadfast commitment to our ideological roots, which are decidedly center-right, along the lines of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, put us at a distinct disadvantage on a European continent that is drifting evermore towards the left of the ideological spectrum.
::Moreover, our commitment to Europe’s Judeo-Christian heritage, and our unwavering support for the State of Israel, have complicated our fundraising efforts on a highly secularized European continent that denies its spiritual roots and increasingly questions Israel’s right to exist.Support Us, GEES, accessed 7 January 2009. 
==People==
*Rafael L. Bardají - founder
*Oscar Elía Mañú - analyst
*Florentino Portero - analyst
*Soeren Kern - fellow
==Contact==
*Website:http://www.gees.org/
*Website (English version):http://www.eng.gees.org/
==References==
Category:SpainCategory:Think TanksCategory:Israel
Guenther Kissel

|250px|thumb|right|Guenther Kissel, Source: [http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/solingen/bauloewe-kissel-ist-tot-aid-1.1196221/ RP Online] 
Guenther Kissel is a German former businessman who joined Pro Köln in 2007 and has reportedly donated money to the anti-Islam party.German far-right trying to gain support for "anti-Islam" party, Text of report by independent German news magazine Der Spiegel website on 31 December, [Report by Andrea Brandt and Guido Kleinhubert: "Playing With Fear; Cologne Radicals Want To Enter the Parliaments With the First 'Anti-Islam Party' - Constitutional Protection Officials Are Alarmed - And so Is the NPD"], BBC Monitoring Europe - Political, 31 December 2007.
According to the counterjihad website Gates of Vienna, 'the authorities have considered him to have a pivotal role in right-extremism' in Germany since 1997.A Closer Look at Pro-Köln, Gates of Vienna, 8 May 2009, accessed 2 February 2015
Head of a construction company called Solinger, Kissel, reportedly organised an event where British Holocaust denier David Irving spoke.
Despite his involvement in anti-Muslim party Pro Köln, his company are said to have accepted a 7 million euro contract to construct a large mosque in Duisburg-Marxloh.
==Affiliations==
*Pro Köln 
==Notes==
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Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey, is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.
Along with Jersey and the Isle of Man it is a known tax haven. It also includes other 'sub-havens' such as Sark, Alderney, and Brecqhou (home to the Barclay Brothers, owners of the Telegraph newspaper).
==Lobbying==
The States of Guernsey have employed lobbying agency Grayling Political Strategy for a number of years. APPC Register Entry for 1 Sep 2011 to 30 Nov 2011, APPC Register Entry for 1 September 2010 to 30 November 2010 APPC Register Entry for 1 Dec 2011 to 29 Feb 2012 
In April 2011 the Governments of Guernsey and Jersey appointed a former British Ambassador to Bulgaria to head a new Channel Islands Brussels office. As director of European affairs, Steve Williams is, according to Public Affairs News, tasked with 'leading efforts to develop the islands’ influence, while advising the respective governments on European matters'. Williams has previously held posts with the FCO in Olso and with the UK Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels. Public Affairs News, Channel Islands in EU boost, February 2011 
==People==
*Steve Wakelin - left Grayling in May 2011 became head of international relations for the States of Guernsey – one of Grayling’s clients. People Moves, Public Affair News, May 2011 
==Affiliations==
*Guernsey Finance
*Guernsey Investment Fund Association - trade association that includes mutual fund managers and trustees, stockbrokers, private client asset managers, life assurance companies, investment banks, as well as those professional firms such as lawyers and accountants who are closely involved in the work of the investment business industry. Guernsey Investment Fund Association (GIFA), acc Jan 2012 People include: Jarrod Cowley- Grimmond European Parliament Lobbying Contacts Report 1st January - 30th June 2010 
==References==
Category:Financial sector lobbyingCategory:Tax avoidance
Guernsey Finance

Guernsey Finance is a joint initiative between the financial services industry and the Government of Guernsey to "defend and promote the long term reputation, stability and development of Guernsey as an international centre of excellence for financial services".About, Guernsey Finance, accessed Dec 2011
==Activities==
According to the Financial Times in January 2012, Guernsey is among the offshore centres currently on a marketing mission to attract hedge fund managers, hoping 'to benefit from the interest in moving domicile' – triggered by the wave of regulation after the global financial crisis, such as The European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive. 
:Guernsey, for example, is emphasising its position outside the EU. In a report for ClearPath Analysis, Fiona Le Poidevin, deputy chief executive of Guernsey Finance, the promotional agency for the island’s industry, says this enables it to “offer a less prescriptive regime for funds not touching this marketplace and yet, access to the continent will be retained both in the medium and long term thereby allowing the island to continue servicing structures with a connection to Europe”. Pauline Skypala, It may be time to see ‘offshore’ off Financial Times, 15 January 2012,acc 18 January 2012
==People==
*Fiona Le Poidevin, deputy chief executive
==Contacts==
Guernsey Information Centre Building, North Plantation, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3PN 
http://www.guernseyfinance.com
==References==
 
Category:Financial sector lobbying
Guerres Mondiales et Conflicts Contemporains

Guerres Mondiales et Conflicts Contemporains (ISSN: 0984-2292) is a French journal that is published four times a year by Presses Universitaires de France. 
The journal is described as a 'working tool for historians and researchers, civil and military, in the field of international relations of the twentieth century and the political and military conflict problems, their prevention, their progress, their regulation, their perception.' World wars of Contemporary put, accessed 16 January 2015 
==People==
===Circa 2015===
====Editor====
*Chantal Metzger
====Editorial Board====
*Jean-Jacques Becker 
*Georges Castellan 
*Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac 
*General Gilbert Foray
*Jean-Philippe Lecat
*Chantal Antier Serge Barcellini
*Bariéty Jacques Michel Bodin 
*Claude Carlier 
*Michel Catala Georges Coudry 
*Hervé Coutau-Bégarie 
*François-Georges Dreyfus 
*Frédéric Guelton 
*Jean-Charles Jauffret 
*Francis Latour 
*Chantal Metzger
*Michel Ostenc 
*Nicole Pietri
*Thiriet 
*Thobie Jacques
*Jacques Valette 
*Marianne Walle 
==Notes==
Category: Terrorism Journal
Guglielmo Verdirame

Guglielmo Verdirame is a professor of international law in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and a barrister at 20 Essex Street.Guglielmo Verdirame, War Studies - Professors, accessed 7 June 2014
==Activities==
===Pro-Israel lobby connections===
In September 2011 he chaired a UK Lawyers for Israel roundtable discussion on the implications of the Palestinian bid for recognition as a state.Activities, UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014 
In October 2012, he participated in a Zionist Federation 'knowledge seminar for Israel advocates' in London and gave a presentation on 'The Use of Force by Israel under International Law'.Knowledge Seminar, Zionist Federation, 28 October 2012, accessed 7 June 2014
===BBC analysis===
In November 2012, towards the end of an eight-day assault on Gaza by Israel, Verdirame wrote an article for BBC Online which presented similar arguments and emphasised Israel's legal right to self-defence.Gaza crisis: The legal position of Israel and Hamas, BBC Online, 20 November 2012, accessed 7 June 2014
===Legal advice to G4S===
Verdirame, along with Hugo Slim of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, was commissioned by security company G4S to produce a report entitled 'Human Rights Review of G4S Israel: Human Rights Report and Legal Opinion' in April and May 2014. The report concluded that G4S 'has no causal or contributory role in human rights violations.' It also claimed that 'campaigns against companies form a key part of a wider strategy by the Palestinian solidarity movement to delegitimize the State of Israel'.Human Rights Report and Legal Opinion: Summary of Independent Review, Human Rights Review of G4S Israel, G4S, 2 June 2014, accessed 7 June 2014
==Affiliations==
*King's College London
*Zionist Federation
*UK Lawyers for Israel
==Resources==
*Amena Saleem, 'G4S Meets Critics With Contempt', Morning Star, 7 June 2014.
==Notes==
Category:Israel Lobby
Category:Academics
Guinness

The history of the Guinness family company is celebrated as an important part in the history of Dublin. Arthur Guinness began brewing beer in 1759. He and his family had a reputation for philanthropic activities, which included providing parks and housing for Dublin's poor in the 19th century, when governments relied on private beneficence to enable public services to exist. Diageo’s website celebrates this element of the history of Guinness and links it with its own current policy of social responsibility Diageo Website Our History accessed 6th June 2008 . 
==St James's Gate==
Recent plans to close the Guinness brewery in Dublin have been controversial, however Diageo believe they have managed to find a compromise that will mean the brewery remains in operation. The £520 modernisation plan will mean hundreds of job losses Diageo plan to build a new brewerey on the outskirts of Dublin, two smaller breweries will be closed, Kilkenny and Dundalk and at the historic St James's Gate brewery operations will be reduced by half. Guinness has been brewed at this location on the banks of the River Liffey for almost 250 years The plan is for St James's Gate to continue to produce Guinness for Ireland and the UK. Paul Walsh, Diageo's chief executive, said that the plan reaffirmed the company's commitment to Guinness and to its "spiritual home" in Dublin. It was estimated that the sale of the Dublin brewery could raise as much as £2bn for Diageo but Walsh insists that the firm has listened to people and have recognised the importance of the history of Guinness in Ireland and beyond, Diageo is to close half of its famous Guinness brewery in Dublin as part of a £520m modernisation plan that will cost hundreds of jobs. But St James's Gate will continue to produce the popular stout for sale in Ireland and the UK – as it has done for almost 250 years on the banks of the River Liffey. Walsh insists that the firm have listened to people and have recognised the importance of the history of Guinness in Ireland and beyond. The Guinness museum at St James's Gate is Ireland's most visited tourist attraction. Building the new Dublin factory, whose site has not yet been determined, is expected to cost £520m. It is scheduled to open in 2013 and will brew Guinness for international markets such as Africa, where demand is soaring. Last year, Nigeria overtook Ireland for Guinness consumption, making it the second-largest market after the UK The Guardian, 9th May 2008, Dublin's Guinness factory saved by sentiment accessed 6th June 2008 
Furthermore, retaining the St James operation is also a useful marketing strategy. Guinness have a product, distributed world wide called 'essence of Guinness'. This is Guinness brewed in Dublin at St James’s Gate and shipped to its overseas breweries where it is added to the Guinness brewed there. The company then claim that a little bit of Ireland is in every pint. John Murray Brown, Financial Times, 9th May 2008 Diageo bucks European trend accessed 6th June 2008 .
==References==
Category:AlcoholCategory:Alcohol Industry
Gulam K Noon

Sir Gulam K. Noon, MBE, is a British businessman of Indian origin. He is the founder of Noon Products, a large supplier of ready-made curries to supermarkets. In 1999 Noon Products was bought by WT Foods for £50 million (£35 million in cash and 12 million shares, now worth £6.8 million). In the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 he was placed in 888th position with an estimated fortune of £65 million.
Noon has served on the Board of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was its President for a two-year term until 2003. He has also been appointed to the Board of Transport for London. 
==Business Ethics==
In 1998 it was reported that workers had been refused recognition of the GMB union at the Noon plant in Southall, despite the fact that 90% had joined up. It was also reported that many of the workers worked 6 days a week at £3.50 an hour and that managers had offered inducements and tried to stir up racial differences in an effort to persuade workers to leave the union.
==Cash for Peerages==
In March 2006 he came to wider notice as one of the businessmen embroiled in the "Cash for Peerages" scandal when it emerged that he had loaned £250,000 to the Labour Party.
A former Tory supporter, he is one of the 58 business leaders who wrote to the Times in May 2001 in support of the Labour Party. Noon was one of the four businessmen (the others being Sir David Garrard, Barry Townsley, Chai Patel) who between them had lent Labour a total of more than £4.25m. All were later nominated for peerages by Tony Blair without the loans being declared.
He was a declared backer of the former Britain in Europe group, a pro-European pressure group.
==Related Articles== 
*David Cracknell, Cash for honours: The end game, The Times, March 11, 2007
*Biography at Noon Products website
*Summary of Desert Island Discs appearance
*Humayun Hussain, Ready made sauces make only ersatz curries, The Guardian, May 30, 2007
Gurinder Singh Josan

Gurinder Singh Josan was a Labour candidate for Smethwick in the 2024 General Election. He was elected as an MP. 
He is strongly associated with the Zionist 'anti fascist' group Hope not Hate, which works closely with the Zionist movement and the British State to target the left and politically active Muslims.
==Affiliations==
===Company directorships===
Company Name 	Company Number	Company Status	Role 	Appointed On 	Resigned On 	Nationality	Country of residence	Occupation
Hope Not Hate Charitable Trust 	02738367 	Active 	Director 	9 December 2014	- 	British 	England 	Self Employed
Hope Not Hate Limited 	08188502 	Active 	Director 	9 December 2014	- 	British 	England 	Self Employed
Sikhs For Labour Limited 	14027518 	Active 	Director 	5 April 2022 	- 	British 	England 	Self Employed
Victoria Academies Trust 	07887796 	Active 	Director 	2 January 2015 	- 	British 	England 	Self Employed
Josan Estates Limited 	05646678 	Active 	Director 	6 December 2005	- 	British 	England 	Director
Warley Hardware Centre Limited 	05176894 	Active 	Director 	12 July 2004 	- 	British 	England 	Director
Smethwick Health And Wellbeing Education Trust	06803262 	Active 	Director 	1 May 2022 	- 	English 	England 	Company Director
Akaal Education Trust 	08334743 	Active 	Director 	1 October 2014 	2 October 2019 	British 	England 	Self Employed
Sandwell Leisure Trust 	05011501 	Active 	Director 	6 July 2004 	19 May 2009 	British 	England 	Self Employed
Kensington Park Homes Limited 	04564946 	Dissolved 	Secretary	17 October 2002	11 October 2003	British 	- 	Self Employed
==Notes==
Gurpreet Barr

Gurpreet Barr is a lobbyist, currently managing director of UK public affairs at heavyweight lobbying agency Edelman.
==Career==
After university, Barr was an English teaching assistant at Ishinomaki High School.
Barr was political adviser and office manager for former chair of the business, innovation and skills select committee Adrian Bailey MP from January 2006 - August 2010. During this time, he was UK co-ordinator at The Akshaya Patra Foundation (January 2008 and July 2010), European election campaign strategist for West Midlands Labour (May-July 2009) and a freelance writer and parliamentary commentator at epolitix.com from January 2008 until August 2010.
He was then appointed senior public affairs associate and political advisor at the Financial Services Authority until July 2012, and then executive assistant to FSA's executive chairman Lord Turner and chair designate John Griffith-Jones.
In March 2013 Barr joined PR and lobbying agency Bell Pottinger as a partner. Just over a year later he was appointed managing director of UK public affairs at Edelman in July 2014. Gurpreet Barr Linkedin, accessed 22 October 2014 
He also runs Labour in the City with former Labour minister Kitty Usher. Gurpreet Barr Edelman, accessed 22 October 2014 
==Education==
*BSc, International Relations and the Third World, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 2001-2004
*GDL, Law, College of Law 2009-2011
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