Business - Lord Ashcroft

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Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. He has been a successful entrepreneur for over 50 years.

His business career began when he was in his twenties. In 1977 he became Chairman of Hawley Group plc and within less than a decade transformed it from near collapse into a leading international business services company employing over 100,000 people. Following a US merger in 1988, Hawley was re-branded ADT. In 1997, he negotiated the sale of ADT to Tyco International for $6.7 billion (£3.7 billion).

His business interests include investments in Waterloo Investment Holdings Ltd (international company based in the Caribbean and Central America), Rendeavour (utilities and urban management operator in Africa), Tapir Holdings Ltd (strategic investment holding company in BVI), Optima Health plc (leading provider of B2B healthcare and wellbeing solutions in the UK and Ireland), Carlisle Support Services Group (cleaning, security and total FM provider), Merit Group Ltd (data and intelligence business), Total Politics (media, events and training focused on politics, government and public policy), Hawley Group Limited (strategic investment company in BVI) and Gusbourne Limited (vineyard and wine producer).

Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited (“Waterloo”) is a registered company in the BVI that possesses significant investments in the Caribbean and Latin America that spans several sectors including agriculture, banking, hospitality, port operations, education and real estate development. Its headquarters are located in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where it has a long history of investing and continues to believe in its future as one of the most pristine destinations in the Caribbean.

Lord Ashcroft is Chairman of Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited.

Waterloo’s shares are listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange and traded on JP Jenkins, the largest European platform exchange, on a matched bargain basis.

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Rendeavour is a utilities and urban management operator in Africa, providing an integrated utilities approach with future-proofed power, water, sewerage, roads and ICT.

Africa is the fastest urbanising region on the planet.

The continent’s rapid population and economic growth demand large-scale solutions.

Rendeavour – backed by American, Norwegian, British and New Zealand investors – builds new cities in the growth paths of some of Sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest growing urban areas.

By providing secure land title, world-class master planning, high quality infrastructure and utilities, Rendeavour de-risks large land holdings for city-scale developments. Our mixed-income cities provide homes, offices, industrial areas, schools and hospitals, allowing residents to live, work and play without the daily burden of commuting into and across congested regions.

Lord Ashcroft is Deputy Chairman of Rendeavour.

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Tapir Holdings Ltd is a strategic investment holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The Company is focused on long-term capital appreciation through investments in African infrastructure and urban development projects, currently anchored by a significant stake and active participation in Rendeavour Holding Limited (“Rendeavour”).

The Company owns a 10 percent equity stake in Rendeavour, Africa’s largest new city developer. Backed by American, Norwegian, New Zealand and British investors, Rendeavour’s cities are among the largest construction projects in Africa and hubs for businesses, homes, education and recreation within infrastructure-ready economic zones. Current developments are valued at more than US$5 billion, with over 200 businesses, schools educating more than 6,000 students, and 10,000 mixed-income homes occupied or under development.

The Company’s investment strategy includes potential further investments in Rendeavour and also in other related and unrelated development projects or unquoted and quoted companies with suitable synergy across Africa.

Lord Ashcroft has been Non-Executive Chairman of Tapir Holdings Ltd since 2024.

Tapir Holdings Ltd is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (AIM: TAPH; BSX: TAPH).

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Optima Health is the UK’s leading provider of technology enabled corporate health and wellbeing solutions in the occupational health sector.

Underpinned by a robust clinical governance framework, the Group leverages its proprietary technology and flexible delivery platform to foster healthy high performance within its clients’ workforces.

The Group offers a comprehensive range of flexible and progressive services from statutory driven workplace health surveillance medicals to proactive and preventive interventions, through to workplace health advice and attendance management assessments, and ultimately rehabilitation programmes and pathways aimed at returning people to work.

Optima Health [OPT] is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange in the UK.

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Carlisle Support Services is a leading supplier of value-added, people-based solutions primarily focused on the areas of cleaning, security and Total FM.

It is Carlisle’s vision is to be the preferred expert and the most trusted provider of people services for the customers it serves by delivering innovative, tailored solutions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Their consultative approach empowers businesses to streamline multiple services, optimise operations and maximise revenue. They partner with clients in long-term relationships, delivering sustainable service innovations and operating efficiencies that create measurable improvement in both shareholder and stakeholder value.

carlislesupportservices.com

Merit Group Ltd is a B2B Data and Intelligence business using technology-led data capture and analysis techniques to provide customers with high-quality data.

The group encompasses Dods Group Limited and Merit Data & Technology Limited.

Dods Group specialises in content and data within policy, public affairs and politics. The business is focused on the gathering and analysis of political data in the UK and Europe. Dods is a leading provider of intelligence and data in its market.

Merit Data & Technology is a technology enabled business that gathers, organises and enriches the data that informs some of the world’s leading b2b intelligence brands. The business also researches prospect and customer data to make it rich, compliant and relevant for defined target audiences. It provides cost efficient technology solutions and skilled technology resources for clients.

Merit Group shares are traded through the Asset Match platform.

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Total Politics group provides everything you need to understand and engage with government and the public sector from one trusted partner. Specialising in media, events and training focused on politics, government and public policy, they believe in the value of expert insight and engagement.

Their respected media brands span the UK, EU, USA and Mexico and specialise in high quality media covering current affairs, politics, policy and the public sector. They believe in the value of insightful, expert content to illuminate the political and democratic process.

Total Politics delivers award-winning events, from large scale exhibitions and conferences to intimate roundtables across the UK and EU, connecting senior government and public sector stakeholders.

The Training team has been delivering policy, communication and governance courses worldwide for over 20 years, and are the leading provider of policy training for the UK Government.

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Hawley Group Limited is a strategic investment company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.

Hawley Group’s identified markets of investment are business services, business process outsourcing and workplace and support services.

Hawley Group Limited’s primary operational asset is Applicant Insight, Inc. a provider of technology enabled background, onboarding services, workflow management and post hire screening, credentialing, and compliance services.

Hawley Group is traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the Ticker: HGL.BH.

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Gusbourne grow the highest quality Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes across the Gusbourne Estate, with 60 hectares in Appledore, Kent.

Gusbourne’s first vines were planted in 2004 with a single-minded vision: to craft the world’s finest sparkling wines. They are detail-focused and quality obsessed, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in English wine. They are also unwavering in what makes them special – crafting vintage-only bottlings from estate-grown, hand-harvested grapes.

The Company’s Shares have been admitted onto the J P Jenkins Ltd share matching platform under the ticker: GUS:JPJ

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