Partner, Purl Partners (providing investment and support to early stage technology
businesses). In this capacity, the member is a member of the advisory boards of the
following companies, in which he holds shares: The Krowd Inc, trading as Vintro (B2B
networking); ChaChingMe Inc (US consumer online purchasing platform); Unipaas Payments
Technologies Ltd (Israeli Fintech company); Island Technology Inc (internet technology
company); Rewire Holding Ltd (IT security technology)
registered interest category
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Speaking engagement, 28 September 2023, interview on “Geopolitics in dynamic times”
with Tata Consulting Services, Barcelona (arranged through London Speaker Bureau)
registered interest category
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Speaking engagement, 14 November 2023, Roundtable Breakfast Briefing and Keynote Speech
for JLA/Informa: “The world ahead – what’s driving the status quo - Global challenges
for 2024 and beyond” at Risk Minds International Conference, London (arranged through
London Speaker Bureau)
registered interest category
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Speaking engagement, 16 April 2024, Inspired Dinner Series: An Evening with Lord Hammond
for Barclays Bank plc, London (arranged through Chartwell Speakers)
registered interest category
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Director and Chairman, Innovo Holding Ltd (holding company for real estate and construction
businesses in UAE, Egypt and Canada and trading businesses in UK)
Director, Matrix Partners Ltd (advisory services) (the member has personally provided
services to the following clients:- Finance Ministry and Ministry of Economy and Planning,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the company's earnings for this work in 2022/23 were £279,396.75
and £223,758 respectively); OakNorth Bank plc; AP Wireless (UK) Ltd (telecoms infrastructure
provider); Davidson Kempner European Partners LLP (asset management); Arora Holdings
Ltd (hotels & property); Nomura Holdings Inc (banking) (interest ceased 30 June 2023)
and Laser Digital Holdings AG (digital financial services business))
Member, Advisory Board, Island Technology Inc (fintech company which develops financial
services software and products) (unremunerated but member has share options)
Chair, Future Surrey Economy Forum (established to conduct one-off review and strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of Surrey economy) (interest
ceased 1 April 2024)
Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and National Economy of the Kingdom of Bahrain
(principally advice in relation to the Kingdom's fiscal and economic reform programme)
(the member's earnings for this work in 2022/23 were £288,720)
registered interest category
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Director, Taylor & Garner Ltd (member's company owned 100% by member providing services
on planning, housing, sustainable new communities (garden villages and towns), plus
some management consultancy and related media articles/interviews); payment for the
consultancy fee for chairing the Strategic Partnership Board for Carclaze Garden Village
(formerly St Austell Eco-town) (see category 2) is made to Taylor & Garner Ltd; payments
are also made to Taylor & Garner Ltd for consultancy services as listed above provided
by member, recently Sutton Harbour Holdings plc, Larkfleet Homes, Clarion Housing
Group, HGH Consulting, Poppymill Ltd, Summix (South Oxfordshire) Developments Ltd,
Summix MDB Developments Ltd, Summix FHS Developments LLP and Lyneal Group Ltd
Chair and Director, HGH Trustees Ltd (non-profit organisation established to hold
shares in Hepher Grincell Ltd on behalf of the beneficiaries of the Trust; beneficiaries
of the Trust are the employees of Hepher Grincell Ltd and this company owns HGH consulting
which is a client of Taylor & Garner Ltd - see category 1)
Chair and Director, Lyneal Group EOT Limited (holds shares in Lyneal Group Ltd which
operates employee benefits firms on behalf of Lyneal Group Employee Ownership Trust
and this company is owned by Lyneal Group Ltd which is a client of Taylor & Garner
Ltd - see category 1)
Independent Chair, Strategic Partnership Board for Carclaze Garden Village (formerly
St Austell Eco-town) (funded by Eco-Bos Development Limited, but the board comprises
Eco-Bos, Cornwall County Council and Homes England (formerly Homes and Communities
Agency)) (this work is not paid employment but Taylor & Garner Ltd receives a consultancy
fee)
registered interest category
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Taylor & Garner Ltd (member's company owned 100% by member providing services on planning,
housing, sustainable new communities (garden villages and towns), plus some management
consultancy and related media articles/interviews)
registered interest category
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
Chair, Empower (run by Higginson PR Ltd) (not-for-profit organisation to help support
strategy development and promote issues affecting women and girls)
Director, Angel Enterprises (UK) Ltd (trading as Andrew Mawson Partnerships); all
the member's remuneration for work done by him is paid through the company; Work done
and payment received in the past 12 months: on on-going basis: Associate, Prospect
Business Consulting Ltd
Director, Companies within the JCB Group (see below); the JCB Group designs, manufactures
and sells a comprehensive range of excavating, earthmoving, materials handling and
agricultural machines and provides after sales service and supply of parts for those
machines in construction, agricultural and industrial markets
Director, Hydrogen Equity Partners UK Limited (to provide investment advisory and
portfolio management services, associated administrative services and to act as holding
company for entities to be established as general partner for private equity funds)
(interest ceased 20 July 2023)
HyCap FP SCSp (the carried interest partner in the HyCap Fund I SCSp; Hydrogen Equity
Partners UK Limited is the sole shareholder of the General Partner of both HyCap FP
SCSp and the HyCap Fund I SCSp)
registered interest category
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
Hydrogen Equity Partners UK Limited (to provide investment advisory and portfolio
management services, associated administrative services and to act as holding company
for entities to be established as general partner for private equity funds)
HydraB Power Limited (to provide advisory and management services to its subsidiaries,
acts as holding company for entities who develop renewable energy projects and transports
and distributes low carbon hydrogen fuel)
HyCap FP SCSp (the carried interest partner in the HyCap Fund I SCSp; Hydrogen Equity
Partners UK Limited is the sole shareholder of the General Partner of both HyCap FP
SCSp and the HyCap Fund I SCSp)
Director, The Big Issue Group Limited (which wholly owns The Big Issue Invest Limited
and its subsidiaries (whose business is social finance) and the Social Enterprise
Loan Fund (part of Big Issue Invest Limited, providing loans to charities/social enterprises),
but the member is not a Director of The Big Issue Invest Limited; see also below)
In the 2023/24 financial year, £40,000 received from Liz Aitken (money was paid to
The Big Issue and ring fenced to pay towards two salaries and running costs of Lord
Bird’s office)
In the 2023/24 financial year, £30,000 received from Harrison Foundation (money was
paid to The Big Issue and ring fenced to pay towards two salaries and running costs
of Lord Bird’s office)
In the 2023/24 financial year, £80,000 received from Jeffery Hummel (money was paid
to The Big Issue and ring fenced to pay towards two salaries and running costs of
Lord Bird’s office)
In the 2024/25 financial year, £30,000 received from Sir David Harrison via David
Harrison Foundation (money was paid to The Big Issue and ring fenced to pay towards
two salaries and running costs of Lord Bird’s office)
Founder, The Big Issue Foundation (but not a trustee or office-holder; the Big Issue
Foundation is a separate legal entity from The Big Issue Group Limited and The Big
Issue Company Limited (category 1)) (interest ceased 19 December 2023)
