Lord Clanwilliam (former Lord Gillford)

Member of the Board

The Founding Partners of Policy Partnership Limited.

Following a career in the British military, the Earl of Clanwilliam started his business career with Hanson Plc. and was seconded to the Home Office to advise the Rt. Hon Douglas Hurd CBE, then Home Secretary. Later he returned to Hanson as Manager of Public Affairs until joining one of the UK's leading firms of lobbyists. In 1993, Lord Clanwilliam founded a company of his own – Gardant Communications Limited. From 2000 to 2004 he was the non-executive Chairman of the Board at Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd, Europe's leading bridge and large steel construction company. He is on the Advisory Board of Xenon Capital, a Moscow-based investment advisory bank. In 2007, he was appointed Chairman of Eurasia Drilling Company Limited, the largest Russian onshore drilling company. In 2010, he became Senior Advisor to Milio International Limited, an oil trading and supply company. In October 2011 Paddy was appointed a director of Touchstone Gold, a Columbian gold exploration company, recently listed on London's ‘Alternative Investment Market’. Lord Clanwilliam has been a member of the board of Polyus Gold since 2006 and is Chairman of the Company’s Remuneration Committee.