AIG, interesting company..
Dubai Ports World 2006 controversy : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Por…
pertained to management contracts of six major US ports. The purchaser was DP World (DPW), a state-owned company in the UAE. The contracts had already been foreign-owned, by P&O, a British firm taken over by DPW ..
"George Bush argued for the approval of the deal..
Dubai Ports World eventually sold P&O's American operations to American International Group's (AIG) asset management division, Global Investment Group .. The company is now known as Ports America"
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👀👇 Luke Johnson
"Luke Johnson was a founder and non-executive director of American Port Services PLC, a group providing maritime and aviation facilities based in the USA.
This business was sold to Associated British Ports PLC in June 1998 for £100m"
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investegate.co.uk/nightfreight-p…
AMERICAN PORT SERVICES previously called:
AMERICAN PORTS LIMITED
PORTS OF AMERICA LIMITED
Current name : INTEGRATED DENTAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/031471…
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2014 "Integrated Dental Holdings ‘looking at £1bn flotation’"
thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news…
"Currently backed by US private equity giant Carlyle Group, IDH is said to have engaged Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs to work on the flotation,..
"The group is chaired by former Capita chief executive Paul Pindar, who in an annual review posted on the website said that since the end of 2013 IDH has successfully raised £400m in the UK high-yield bond market and £100m of new acquisition funding. ..
"IDH was founded in 1996 and backed by Luke Johnson, the entrepreneur who previously owned Pizza Express. Mr Johnson and his partners sold IDH in 2006 for just over £100m, with the private equity arm of Merrill Lynch among its subsequent owners...
"The company was created in its current form from the amalgamation of IDH and Associated Dental Practices in 2011, and now treats some five million patients each year.
Among its recent projects has been opening dental clinics inside several Tesco stores .." 🤔
Luke Johnson also mentioned in this 2015 shipping report:
imco.edu.om/other-publicat…
"A major report by senior business leaders including Jon Moynihan, former executive chairman
at PA Consulting, venture capitalist Luke Johnson.. echoed Capital Economics’ verdict.
It said Britain “has nothing to fear” from pulling out of the EU, and that international banks
and financial institutions would remain in the City despite the change. They could even benefit
from lighter regulation, it added."
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