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Lord David Cameron advises private capital established and chairman Jeb Bush, brother of former US President George W Bush, his last place since he left the government last year.
CameronFormer British Prime Minister and recently Minister of Foreign Affairs, took part -time, paid a role as a member of the Advisory Board for Investment Management to Finback, and the British government appointment dog published on Wednesday.
Founded in 2017, Finback manages more than $ 800 million in the field of assets and invested in companies such as insurance brokers, data centers and software companies.
The Advisory Committee for Business Appointment said that the role of Cameron and Finack was “focused on the provision of strategic councils for expanding expertise and network of the company”.
A guard dog, who advises at a high level of British officials who take roles outside the government, said Cameron had not met FinBack in office and that his new role would not include contacts with the government.
“Although it is limited, there is a risk that you can be seen how to draw from contacts in the private sector and foreign government acquired only as a result of your recent role in the office,” he added.
Cameron and FinBack did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Bush, a former Governor of Florida, submitted an unsuccessful offer to the Republican presidential candidacy in the US election cycle in 2016.
Cameron led the United Kingdom in 2010-16 and then resigned as Prime Minister when the country voted on leaving the EU. In November 2023, he returned as a Foreign Minister in Rishi Sunak until the Conservatives were voted on July last year.
Previously the deputies criticized him for showing “significant lack of judgment“In his lobbying efforts on behalf of Greensill Capital, a company of financing a supplier chain, to which he joined in 2018 and which later collapsed in 2021.
Cameron tried to ensure greater access for Greensill for government stimulating programs at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, bombing ministers and cabinet officials via text, WhatsApp and telephone calls. Noted that his lobbying did not break no the rules.
Since last year, Cameron has also re -joined the London Hedge Fund and Florida Freight Payments Business Paycargo in consulting roles.
