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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Henry Dyer

Former minister Gerry Grimstone under fire over undeclared UAE meetings

Gerry Grimstone
A spokesperson for Grimstone said: ‘Mubadala is a minority shareholder in Investcorp and as such had no role in Lord Grimstone’s appointment.’ Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

A former minister who is to work for a Bahraini investment company has been criticised after he did not declare 13 meetings with its single largest shareholder, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, when seeking permission to take the role.

Sir Gerry Grimstone, as he was then, was elevated to the peerage and handed a job in Boris Johnson’s government in March 2020, serving as minister of state for investment until July 2022.

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