Kwasi Kwarteng is Secretary of State for BEIS that organisation instructed the British Business Bank to launch the BBL, CBILS, CLBILS and Recovery Loan Schemes. Well, he must have been giddy with excitement when Helios Investment Partners LLP bunged him £4,500 for his election fighting fund. Then would you believe it, the BBB pick Henry Obi from Helios Investment Partners to become Chair of one of their Working Groups.
A quick look at the archived MPs Register of Interests shows the following entry:
Kwarteng, Kwasi (Spelthorne)
Name of donor: Helios Investment Partners LLP
Address of donor: 2nd Floor, 12 Charles II Street, London SW1Y 4QU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,500 to my fighting fund for the General Election
Date received: 11 November 2019
Date accepted: 12 December 2019
Donor status: limited liability partnership, registration OC320980
(Registered 12 February 2020)
You can view it online here (PDF file): https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/201221/201221.pdf
Then would you believe it, Henry Obi, Partner, Public & Regulatory Affairs, Helios Investment Partners is magically chosen as Chair of the British Business Banks Working Group on Access to Capital.
Feel free to check out the statement from the British Business Bank confirming this:
Handy, that…..