Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrish

Olivia Caroline Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist is a British life peer and member of the House of Lords.

Career

Bloomfield was a governor at The Cheltenham Ladies' College from 2003 to 2009.[1] She has worked for Bank of America, and then as a headhunter with a company known as Russell Reynolds Associates.[1][2] She worked for the Conservative party at Conservative Campaign Headquarters from approximately 2007 to 2010, and for this time, reported to Michael Spencer, the Conservative treasurer from 2007 to 2010.[2][3] Her role was varied, but she was hired to help raise funds for the 2010 general election, which also meant dealing with the party's then £8.5m deficit.[2] The Daily Mirror reported that they believed The Leader's Group, a secretive group of high-value donors who have regular meetings with David Cameron, was run by Bloomfield.[4]

Bloomfield has held a post as a magistrate.[1] She is also Chairman of the Pump House Project, an arts and parkour centre in her home town of Faringdon.[5][6] She was also, for a time, a partner at the Atlantic Superconnection Corporation, a fund which plans to build an electric cable between Iceland and the UK.[6][7][8]

She was nominated for a life peerage as part of David Cameron's Resignation Honours and was created Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, of Hinton Waldrist in the County of Oxfordshire, on 5 September 2016.[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hope, Christopher (2016-08-03). "Who is Olivia Bloomfield?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  2. 1 2 3 Hope, Christopher (2016-08-03). "Former Cheltenham Ladies College governor who helped raise millions for Tories to be made a peer in David Cameron's resignation honours". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  3. ↑ Waller, Martin (2007-02-21). "Magistrate to whip up Tory funds". The Times. London, England. p. 48 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ↑ "Tories rake in £18million from businessman by selling access to leader David Cameron". 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  5. ↑ "About Us". thepumphouseproject. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  6. 1 2 "Cameron's resignation peerages and honours list". Conservative Home. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  7. ↑ Dakers, Marion (2016-01-02). "Britain to share more electricity with France and Ireland under new City scheme". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  8. ↑ "Maritime Journal | Icelandic connection moves forward with Swedish support". Maritime Journal. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  9. ↑ "Resignation Honours 2016 - Publications - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 61700. p. 19232. 9 September 2016.
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