Full title
The Lord Sassoon
Name
James Sassoon
Party/group
Conservative
Joined the Lords
29 May 2010
Biography
UK Parliament
| Post |
Date |
|
Commercial Secretary (HM Treasury)
|
2010-13
|
| Committee |
House |
Date |
|
Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill [HL]
|
Lords
|
2011-11
|
Professional life
| Job title |
Organisation |
Date |
| President |
Financial Action Task Force |
2007-08 |
| Managing Director |
HM Treasury |
2002-05 |
| Managing Director |
UBS Warburg |
1997-02 |
| Director |
SG Warburg and Co. |
1995-97 |
Public life
| Post |
Organisation |
Date |
| Chairman |
Merchants Trust |
2010-10 |
| Chairman |
IFS School of Finance |
2009-10 |
| Trustee |
British Museum |
2009-10 |
| Director |
Nuclear Liabilities Fund |
2008-10 |
| Director |
Merchants Trust |
2006-10 |
| Director |
Partnerships UK |
2002-06 |
| Trustee |
National Gallery Trust |
2002-09 |
Register of Interests
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1: Directorships
- Jardine Matheson Holdings (diversified holding company with mainly Asian interests)
- Matheson & Co (London subsidiary of Jardine Matheson Holdings)
- Hongkong Land Holdings (Asian property; director's fees ceded to Jardine Matheson and not personally received by Lord Sassoon)
- Dairy Farm International Holdings (Asian food retailing; director's fees ceded to Jardine Matheson and not personally received by Lord Sassoon)
- Mandarin Oriental International (hotels; director's fees ceded to Jardine Matheson and not personally received by Lord Sassoon)
- Jardine Lloyd Thompson (insurance broking; director's fees ceded to Jardine Matheson and not personally received by Lord Sassoon)
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2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (non-practising)
- Former Member of Lloyd's (resigned)
- Member, Global Advisory Board, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
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4: Shareholdings (b)
- Abbott Laboratories (healthcare)
- AbbVie Inc (pharmaceuticals)
- ANZ Banking Group Ltd (banking)
- Argo Investments Ltd (Australian investment company)
- Aviva plc (insurance)
- BAE Systems plc (aerospace and defence)
- Bank of Montreal (banking)
- Bank of Nova Scotia (banking)
- BCE Inc (communications)
- BHP Billiton (mining)
- Brambles Ltd (pallets and logistics)
- British American Tobacco plc (tobacco)
- British Assets Trust plc (global investment company)
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (banking)
- Chevron Corp (oil and gas)
- ConocoPhillips (oil and gas)
- Devon Energy (oil and gas)
- Diebold Inc (security systems)
- Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (UK investment company)
- Emerson Electric Co (industrial manufacturing and technology)
- Experian plc (support services)
- GlaxoSmithKline plc (pharmaceutical)
- Honeywell International Inc (technology manufacturing)
- International Business Machines Corp (information technology)
- IMI plc (industrial engineering)
- Ingersoll-Rand plc (engineering and manufacturing)
- ITT Corp (technology manufacturing)
- Johnson & Johnson (medical and consumer products)
- Kimberly-Clark Corp (personal and healthcare products)
- Marston's plc (brewing and pub retailing)
- Merchants Trust plc (UK investment company)
- Morgan Crucible co plc (advanced materials)
- Raytheon Co (defence and aerospace)
- Rio Tinto plc (mining)
- Royal Dutch Shell plc (oil and gas)
- Standard Chartered plc (banking)
- Unilever plc (food and household products)
- Xylem Inc (water technology)
- Jardine Matheson Holdings (diversified Asian interests)
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7: Overseas visits
- Visit to Beijing and Tianjin, 12-18 January 2013, for Sixth UK-China Leadership for the Future Forum (meeting of UK parliamentarians with senior members of Communist Party of China); travel costs met by Barclays, BP and Rolls Royce; accommodation costs met by Communist Party of China
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10: Non-financial interests (d)
- Member of the Committee, The Hong Kong Association
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10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Chairman, China-Britain Business Council