Baron James Arbuthnot
- Husband of Lady Emma Arbuthnot, the Westminster chief magistrate overseeing WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US
- has financial links to the British military establishment, including institutions and individuals exposed by WikiLeaks
- former director of SC STRATEGY LIMITED (Appointed on 1 January 2016 / Resigned on 31 December 2017)
- former chair of the defense select committee
- former Minister for Defence Procurement (a junior Defence minister in the Ministry of Defence of the British Government.)
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James Arbuthnot was a Conservative MP for 28 years, for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997, and then for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015. He served as Minister for Pension (1994-1995), Minister for Defence Procurement (1995-1997), Chief Whip (1997-2001) and Chairman of the Defence Select Committee (2005-2014). He was appointed to the House of Lords in 2015.
James is the Chairman of the Information Assurance Advisory Council, a not for profit organisation working with universities, government bodies and industry to improve the security of information in all fields. He is Chairman of the Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown, and a Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institution (RUSI).
He is a director, with Sir John Scarlett and Lord Carlile, of SC Strategy Ltd and an adviser to Babcock International, Pure Storage and other companies. He is Chairman of Susan Greenfield’s Neuro-Bio Ltd, a company conducting ground-breaking research into Alzheimer’s Disease. He is a director of the English wine company Gusbourne Estates Ltd.
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom, a former defence minister, is a paid chair of the advisory board of Thales Group, a weapon manufacturer, and was until earlier this year an adviser to arms company Babcock International. Both companies have major contracts with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).
Works for companies exposed by WikiLeaks