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Nicholas Gash

Nicholas Gash is the chairman of West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, policy and public affairs advisor at the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and an associate director at Interel and the husband of Labour Party MP Ruth Cadbury.
==Career==
From 2001 to 2004, Gash was the national director of the National Union of Students.
He is currently the chairman of West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, policy and public affairs advisor at AAT and an associate director at lobbyists Interel. Linkedin Nick Gash, accessed 23 July 2015. Gash's jobs were declared on his wife's Register of Members' Financial Interests due him being 'engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client'. Parliament Publications Register of Members’ Financial Interests as at 13 July 2015, accessed 23 July 2015.
==Family==
*Ruth Cadbury, wife. Labour Party MP for Brentford and Isleworth since May 2015.
==Education==
*BA Politics, University of Hull, 1974 – 1978
==Notes==
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Nicholas Lansman

According to the PI website:
:Following an Economics & Politics degree at Manchester University, Nicholas worked in Public Relations in London and Paris before a posting in Spain in 1991-1992 with the European Commission's press bureau. In 1995 he launched Political Intelligence in London. Following its success, he set up Political Intelligence's Brussels office in 1997, and an office in Madrid in 2001. Nicholas commentates on public affairs issues on Television, Radio, and in the National Press and writes on a range of regulatory issues affecting a variety of industry sectors.Nicholas Lansman, accessed 21 September 2008
This is less forthcoming than it used to be. Previous versions stated:
:Nicholas Lansman, Managing Director of Political Intelligence, has sound practical experience of the political systems in both Brussels and Westminster. Educated at Manchester University, he gained an honours degree in economics and politics. In 1988 he was elected to represent the University at the National Union of Students' conference.
:Following spells in advertising in London and the PR department of a freight forwarding company in Paris in 1990, he accepted a post in the press office of the European Commission in London. Here, amongst other duties, he assisted in the press arrangements for the EC/Netherlands delegation to the G7 Economic Summit. Later he continued to work in public relations for the European Community in Seville at the Universal Exposition (1991-92).
:Moving then to Brussels, Nicholas worked as part of a consultancy team for two of Europe's state telecoms companies, (France Telecom and Telecom Eireann. He also advised clients in the transport and construction sectors, liaising closely with European Commission officials and members of the European Parliament.
:After returning to London, mid-1994 he co-launched Political Intelligence Ltd, offering a one-stop-shop covering both Brussels and Westminster and filling a perceived gap in political consultancy. Steady growth has seen an expansion in the client base to include companies and organisations involved in communications technology, finance, healthcare and transport.
:Nicholas Lansman writes regularly, as a journalist on issues concerning business within the European Union,. His articles have appeared in the Financial Times and other leading journals in the UK. For the past two years he has been BBC Radio Berkshire's commentator on the European Community, providing live, monthly reports on the latest developments in European affairs affecting British citizens. Last year he was appointed Rapporteur by the European Commission's UK Representation for an on-going series of national conferences coinciding with the EU's Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC). He speaks French and Spanish fluently.
:Nicholas, his Belgian wife, Sophie and young son, Harry live in East Finchley.MANAGING DIRECTOR Nicholas Lansman BA(ECON) Hons MIPR retrieved from the web archive 23 July 2001 on 21 September 2008
==Affiliations==
*Political Intelligence
==Notes==
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Nicholas MacPherson

Sir Nicholas MacPherson was the former permanent secretary to HM Treasury until March 2016. 
He is now chairman of private banking firm C Hoare & Co. 
==Career==
Before joining the Treasury, MacPherson was managing director of the Budget and Public Finance Directorate, for whom he oversaw the tightening of the Treasury's strategic tax policy. 
Between 2001 and 2004, he headed the Public Services Directorate, where he directed the spending reviews for 2000 and 2002. He was also director of welfare reform from 1998 to 2001 and principal private secretary to the chancellor, and oversaw the transition of the role from Kenneth Clarke to Gordon Brown.
MacPherson is also a visiting Professor at King’s College London, and is chair of the policy committee of the centre for economic performance at the London School of Economics.'Departure of Sir Nicholas Macpherson gcb permanent secretary to the treasury announced' 4 January 2016, Gov.uk, accessed 25 July 2016 
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Nicholas Paul Astbury

The next ambassador of Great Britain to Eritrea, Nicholas Paul Astbury, is a young 34 year old diplomat. He will replace Michael Murray in February 2006. Astbury is currently on post in Kabul, where he is the number two in the anti-drug team at the British embassy in Afghanistan. In fact, this is only the second post Astbury has held abroad and he is devoid of any professional experience on the continent of Africa. A diplomat since 1994, Astbury first worked for a year as desk officer at the European Union department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London before being sent on post to Colombo (Sri Lanka) as second secretary (1995-99). On returning to London, he headed a section of the EU department at the FCO (1999-2000) and was later appointed spokesman on EU issues at the FCO Information Department. In 2001-2002, Astbury was private secretary to the office of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of FCO, Baronness Valerie Amos (2001-02), before becoming number two at the FCO visa department in London.The Indian Ocean Newsletter October 8, 2005 Nicholas Paul Astbury SECTION: WHO'S WHO No. 1151
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Nicholas Phillips

Nicholas Phillips (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers) is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, having joined on the 12 January 1999.
==Career==
Phillips is a highly distinguished judge, who has served as Judge of the High Court of Justice, Lord of Appeal in Commercial Court and Ordinary, Master of the Rolls, Head of Civil Justice, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Senior Law Lord and President of the UK Supreme Court. He retired from the courts in 2012. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers Kings College London, accessed 14 January 2015 
He has also held roles in public bodies including the Law Advisory Committee, the Council of Legal Education, the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Public Records, the Sentencing Guidelines Council and the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee.
===Foreign courts===
*President, International Court of Qatar
*Non-resident Judge, Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers Parliament.UK, accessed 14 January 2015 
==Interests==
*Expected appointment as arbitrator
*Chairman, European Maritime Law Organisation
*President, British Maritime Law Association
==Affiliations==
*Kurdistan Region in Iraq All-Party Parliamentary Group - Vice-chair Kurdistan APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 18 February 2016
==Notes==
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Nicholas Scott

Nicholas Scott (1933-2005) was a Conservative politician.John Barnes, Sir Nicholas Scott, The Independent, 10 January 2005.
==Northern Ireland==
Scott served in the Northern Ireland Office as an Under-Secretary of State from 15 September 1981 to 11 September 1986, and thereafter as a Minister of State until 13 June 1987.David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41. His strong defence of the Anglo-Irish Agreement made him unpopular with unionists who dubbed him 'Minister of Discord'.W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.250.
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Nicholas Stern

Lord Nicholas Stern is a former head of the Government Economic Service and senior vice president at the World Bank. 
==Government==
*2003-2005 - Second Permanent Secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury
*2003-2007 - Head of the Government Economic Service
*2004-2005 - Director of Policy and Research for the Prime Minister’s Commission for Africa Nicholas Stern LSE, accessed 7 November 2014 
==Revolving Door==
2000-2003 - Senior Vice President, World Bank
===ACOBA===
*IG Patel Professor of Development Economics and Director of the Asia Research Centre London School of Economics. Given "unconditional approval, the normal three-month waiting period being waived" Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 7 November 2014 
*Adviser to the Chairman on economic development and climate change, HSBC Holdings plc. "Approved subject to the normal three-month waiting period and the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or officials on behalf of his new employer or their clients"
*Vice Chairman, IDEAGlobal Group. "Approved subject to the normal three-month waiting period and the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or officials on behalf of his new employer or their clients" Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 7 November 2014 
==Register of interests==
 Lord Stern Parliament.Uk, accessed 7 November 2014 
===Remunerated===
*Member, International Advisory Panel, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (Australia)
*Member, International Advisory Board, Abengoa SA (Spain)
=== Shareholdings===
*NS Economics Limited
===Non-financial interests===
*Member, Advisory Council, James Martin 21st Century School, Oxford
*Member, Scientific Committee, Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation (Fondation JJL), Toulouse School of Economics
*Member, Economics Advisory Group, Department of Energy & Climate Change
*Member, Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Advisory Board
*Deputy Chair, Board of Trustees, British Museum
*President, The British Academy
==Stern Review==
In October 2006, whilst chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, Stern published the Stern Review on the economics of climate change for the British Government, commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. Stern review: The Economics of Climate Change HM Treasury, 30 October 2006, accessed 7 November 2014 
In 2008, the government printed the Climate Change and the Stern Review: the implications for Treasury policy: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007–08 in response to the Stern Review.
==Contact==
:Phone: 0207 219 5353
:Email: contactholmember@parliament.uk
==Resources==
==Notes==
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Nick Baird

Nick Baird was Chief Executive of UKTI, the UK government department that supports British exporters and foreign companies looking to invest in the UK, from June 2011 to December 2013. He was previously Director General in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 
Baird became Group Corporate Affairs Director of Centrica in March 2014.
In April 2015, he became a director Nord Anglia Education, an international private school operator. 
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Nick Barley

Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft Ltd
 
Nick Barley is the Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft Ltd. Nick joined Microsoft in 2002 and has held various executive level business and marketing roles. Nick's remit is to provide a central marketing powerhouse and to drive Microsoft’s relationship marketing programme in the UK. He is also responsible for Microsoft's branding, image and corporate social responsibility activities in the UK.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Nick was Vice President and Director of Marketing for Oracle UK and Ireland. He has also held senior sales, marketing and consulting positions within Bull Information Systems, Digital Equipment Co., Management Science America and Hewlett Packard
Nick has over 21 years' experience in the information technology industry. His experience spans UK, European and US markets as well as multiple market sectors, both public and private. Nick has a Bachelor of Arts honours (BA Hons) degree in Economics, and a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Economic and Regional Planning from the University of Reading.
== Notes ==
# Microsoft (2007) UK ExecutivesMicrosoft Website (accessed 21/02/07)
Nick Barnes

Nick Barnes is partner at Pelorus Research.
==Career==
Barnes started his career as a public affairs consultant at Hill and Knowlton in Brussels, working there from April 1997 until June 2000. He then became a diplomat for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, holding this role from September 2000 to June 2010.
In September 2010, he became a consultant for Hakluyt & Company until September 2012, when he became a partner at Pelorus Research. Nick Barnes Linkedin profile, undated, accessed 26 September 2014 
==Education==
*MA Literae Humaniores at the University of Oxford, 1991 – 1995
==Notes==
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Nick Barron

Nick Barron is the managing director of corporate and financial practice at PR company Edelman.
==Career==
Barron was the marketing communications manager at The FA and then the head of communications at Wembley Stadium.
He moved to Edelman, in April 2005, working as an account director, associate director, deputy managing director, executive director and in March 2015 replaced James Lundie as managing director of corporate and financial practice. Ian Griggs Nick Barron appointed UK MD of corporate and financial at Edelman PR Week, 26 March 2015, accessed 27 March 2015 
He is the founder of Brockley Central blog, founder of South East Central forum and co-founder of Homemade London. Nick Barron Linkedin, accessed 22 October 2014 
Barron's clients have included LOCOG, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, The Economist Group, News Corporation, CBS Corporation and the New York Times. Nick Barron Edelman, accessed 22 October 2014 
==Education==
*University of Oxford 1995 – 1997
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Nick Brown

Nick Brown has been the Labour Party MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne East since 2010. he was previously MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East	1983-97 and MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	1997-10.Rt Hon Mr Nicholas Brown, UK Parliament, 10 September 2013.
His parliamentary career has included positions as: Shadow Solicitor General 1985-92; Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) 1988-94; Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons 1992-94; Shadow Spokesperson (Health) 1994-95; Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) 1995-97; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) 1997-98; Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1998-01; Minister (Department for Work and Pensions) (Work) 2001-03; Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) 2007-08; Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (North East)	 2007-10; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip 2008-10; Shadow Parliamentary Secretary and Chief Whip 2010-10.Rt Hon Mr Nicholas Brown, UK Parliament, 10 September 2013.
==Contact==
====Constituency====
*Address: 1 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1YE
*Telephone: 0191 261 1408
*Fax: 0191 261 1409
====Parliamentary====
*Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
*Telephone: 020 7219 6814
*Fax: 020 7219 5941
*Email: nickbrownmp@parliament.uk
====Web & Social media====
*Website: http://www.nickbrownmp.com
 
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Nick Caplan

Nick Caplan is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Committee Member of LogicaCMG. He joined LogicaCMG in May 2003 as managing director international financial services and was appointed to the Executive Committee in January 2005. Previously he was the interim chief executive of two software houses where he was responsible for turning the businesses around. Prior to this, he was head of CSC's European financial services consultancy, systems integration and outsourcing and as operations director of JIB, an organisation providing insurance and risk advisory services to businesses around the world.
== References ==
#Logica CMG http://www.logicacmg.com/corporate/350233161 Management Team]
Nick Croft

Nick Croft is the current coordinator, along with George Denholm, of the Scottish Preventing Violent Extremism Unit (SPVEU). 
Nick Croft has worked in a variety of positions since 1990 “covering youth and community work, social work, mental health research, drugs prevention and residential day care”. Since 2003, he has worked in Scotland on “equalities, diversity and human rights issues in a local authority context and is [the] current equalities manager at City of Edinburgh Council”. The Second SIPR Annual Conference & Annual Lecture: Policing Scotland in a European Context: Programmes & Abstracts, 2 September 2008, The Scottish Institute for Policing Research, accessed 20 February 2010 – p. 16
In December 2007, he was seconded to the Scottish government to coordinate the Prevent strand of Contest, in close association with Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland (ACPOS) and the Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Unit (CTIU). Nick Croft’s position as the coordinator of SPVEU has involved “developing a communications strategy and communications guidance on Prevent, improving awareness of, analysis and understanding of Prevent matters across the statutory and on statutory public sector and identifying resources and lead agencies for Prevent project interventions in Scotland.” The Second SIPR Annual Conference & Annual Lecture: Policing Scotland in a European Context: Programmes & Abstracts, 2 September 2008, The Scottish Institute for Policing Research, accessed 20 February 2010 – p. 16
==Contact Details==
Nick Croft can be contacted at
:Nick Croft
:Equalities Unit
:Public Health and Wellbeing Division
:Area 2 (g) S
:Victoria Quay
:Edinburgh
:EH6 6QQ
:Nick.Croft AT scotland.gsi.gov.uk
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Nick Dakin

Nick Dakin is a Labour MP for Scunthorpe. Dakin was elected on May 6th 2010, with a majority of 2,549. Nic Dakin MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 2 March 2015 
==Background==
Before entering parliament Dakin was the principal of John Leggott College for three years and prior to that he was their vice principal and leader of North Lincolnshire council for six years. Nic Dakin politics.co.uk, accessed 2 March 2015 
==Notes==
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Nick Davies (Journalist)

Nick Davies is an investigative journalist with The Guardian. He should not be confused with the British journalist called Nicholas Davies.
==Embedded Media critic==
In 2008, Davies published an insider's account of the corruption of the journalism profession typified by the manipulation by major PR companies and the willingness of journos to use PR press releases as sources for their stories.
Media Lens was skeptical of Davies' explanation as to why there was a problem with media companies and journalists/journalism.Media Lens, Flat Earth News - The Inside View - Part 1 and 2, 5 and 6 March 2008.
==Contact, References and Resources==
===Contact===
:Website: www.flatearthnews.net
:Email: mail@nickdavies.net
===Resources===
*John Lancaster, Riots, Terrorism etc, 6 March 2008.
*Interview with Nick Davies and David Leigh; Gavin MacFadyen moderator, Frontline Confidential with Nick Davies - Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media, 27 February 2008. (Video in link)
====Publications====
*Nick Davies, Flat Earth News, Chatto & Windus, 2008.
===References===
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Nick Faith

Nick Faith is the co-founder of London based consultancy Westminster Policy Institute.
==Career==
In 2005 Faith began working for PR firm Luther Pendragon. He then moved to think tank Policy Exchange in 2011 as director of communications.
In October 2014 he co-founded Westminster Policy Institute with former aide to the Conservative Party and David Cameron, Sean Worth. Linkedin Nick Faith, accessed 15 April 2015. After leaving his role as head of comms at Policy Exchange, Faith agreed WPI would provide the think tank with communication support. Daniel Farey-Jones Nick Faith and Sean Worth launch Westminster Policy Institute PR Week, 23 October 2014, accessed 15 April 2015.
He is also a writer and blogger with work featuring in the Sunday Telegraph, The Times, the Financial Times, the BBC and Conservative Home and has also worked closely with Lord Wolfson on the Wolfson Economics Prize 2014. Westminster Policy Institute Nick Faith, accessed 16 January 2015 Conservative Home Nick Faith, accessed 15 April 2015.
==Education==
*French and History, University of Leeds, 2001 – 2005 Linkedin, Nick Faith, accessed 15 April 2015.
==Contact==
:Twitter:Nick Faith
:Email: nick@westminsterpolicy.com
==Notes==
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Nick Fielding

From a Frontline profile for a talk:
Nick Fielding has wide experience of reporting terrorism and intelligence issues. For seven years he was a senior reporter on the The Sunday Times where he covered the aftermath and implications of the 9/11 attacks, reporting from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Far East. Nick has just finished a film for Al-Jazeera on the investigation into the death of former Osama bin Laden associate, Jamal Khalifa, which involved him traveling to Madagascar and the southern Philippines.Frontline talk profile, 17 June 2008.
==Contact, References and Resources==
===Contact===
===Resources===
===References===
Nick Fishwick

Nick Fishwick is a counter-terrorism expert on the financial crime committee of HSBC.Jill Treanor, Standard Chartered appoints former GCHQ chief to fight crime, theguardian.com, 22 April 2015. He is a former MI6 officer.Exclusive: Ex-HMRC Head Joins HSBC Crime Fight, Sky News, 30 January 2013.
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Nick Gardner

Nick Gardner is senior corporate communications counsel at financial services lobbying consultancy Cicero Group.
==Career==
Gardner began his career at the Sunday Times. From 1995 to 2002 he was the deputy money editor and from 1996 to 2003 he was the motoring editor.
He then joined Chase De Vere Mortgage Management as the marketing and communications director.
In 2007 he joined Murdoch's News Corp as the business editor of the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph in Australia. John Owens Cicero drafts in ex-News Corporation business editor Nick Gardner PR Week, 28 April 2014, accessed 24 March 2015 
In 2013 he started his own consultancy, Nick Gardner Media Pty Ltd and joined Cicero as a senior corporate communications counsel. Linkedin Nick Gardner, accessed 24 March 2015 
==Notes==
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