Registered Interests
Registered Interests for Lord Houghton of Richmond.
The Register is updated continuously throughout each sitting day and at regular intervals on other days.
Category 1: Directorships
- Founder and Controlling Director, De Vinculis Ltd (corporate consultancy) (interest ceased 1 August 2024)
- Chairman, Byzgen (tech start-up)
- Director (formerly Chairman), Draken (Europe) and FR Aviation (aviation services company)
- Chairman, SecureCloud+ (also involves advisory work that is separately remunerated via De Vinculis Ltd - see category 1) technology company specialising in secure communication and data exploitation services) (interest regarding advisory work ceased 30 April 2024)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Occasional speaker, Leading Authorities International (specialist agency for keynote and after-dinner speakers)
- Senior Defence and Security Adviser, Thales UK (defence and technical company)
- Strategic Adviser, Tadaweb (technology company specialising in open source data search) (involves indirect payment for work contracted to various agencies of French and Canadian Governments) (interest ceased 1 August 2024)
- Strategic Adviser, Whitespace (tech company specialising in AI assisted decision making)
- Strategic Advisor, Rebellion Defense (tech security company) (interest ceased 31 December 2023)
- Advisor, Draken International LLC (aviation services company) (involves indirect payment for range of contracted work including United States Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force and Dutch Caribbean)
- Strategic Adviser, Strategy& (management consulting) (interest ceased 31 December 2023)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- De Vinculis Ltd (corporate consultancy) (interest ceased 1 August 2024)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- De Vinculis Ltd (corporate consultancy) (interest ceased 1 August 2024)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
- Tadaweb (technology company specialising in open source data search)
- Byzgen (tech start-up)
- Whitespace (tech company specialising in AI assisted decision making)
Category 7: Overseas visits
- Visit to Israel, 15-19 September 2024, to receive briefings on political and security situation in the region; flights and accommodation costs paid by ELMET International
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- The member participates in an annual dialogue on security strategy under the auspices of the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Director, Tickets for Troops (charity)
- President, Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (interest ceased 31 July 2024)