"The commitment comes from existing backers Legatum Ventures Limited and Sir Paul Marshall, who have bought out Discovery Inc. following its merger with WarnerMedia earlier this year."
Sir Andrew Large was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England,
In 1971 Large began his career as an investment banker that lasted for 20 years, first at Orion Bank and then at the SBC, where he served on the management board from 1987 to 1989
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In 1992, Large became chairman of the UK Securities and Investments Board (SIB),
In the wake of the 1992 pension fund scandal, when it came to light that businessman Robert Maxwell had plundered more than $1.6 billion from the pension fund of the Mirror Group, his failing
company, in a desperate and unsuccessful attempt to keep it afloat
As SIB Chair, Large started the reforming the SIB; instead of conducting the "Maxwell witch-hunt that ministers demanded", he combined "lighter regulation with stricter disclosure and tougher penalties"
"Next, Large served as deputy chairman of Barclays Bank from 1998 to 2002, during which he was also Chairman of Euroclear, the Brussels-based financial services company
"At the same time Large served as the Managing Director of the IMF's Capital Markets Consultative Group between 1999 and 2002, and chaired for the Group of Thirty .."
Horst Köhler, Head of the International Monetary Fund, 2000–2004
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Ric Edelman , founder of Edelman Financial Services (later, Edelman Financial Engines), he was also the host of the public tv show The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman.
"He’s head of one of the biggest hedge funds in Europe, a major contributor to the official Vote Leave campaign, and – along with Crispin Odey – one of the largest beneficiaries of the post-Brexit chaos: but Sir Paul Marshall is more than that."
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"Unlike his co-founder, Ian Wace, who donated to the ‘Better In’ campaign, Marshall had a strategic role in persuading the then Justice Minister, Michael Gove, to betray his long-term friend David Cameron and lead the official campaign to leave the European Union"
Dennis Overbye - a science writer specializing in physics and cosmology and is the cosmic affairs correspondent for The New York Times en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ov…
"In 2013 Matt teamed up with seasoned business development expert Gary Lennon and BizBritain became a national delivery partner of the the Start Up Loans scheme, which was set in motion by Lord Young"