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Vote No business council opposing the EU constitution

All of them support Vote No in a personal capacity.

Adam Afriyie
Chairman, Connect Support Services

David Agnew
Chairman and Managing Director, Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd

Sir Rudolf Agnew
Chairman, WCMC 2000

Mohammed Ali
Founder, Ambala Food Company

Andrew Allum
Partner, LEK Consulting

Henry Angest
Chairman and CEO, Secure Trust Banking Group plc

Sir Michael Angus
Director, Halcrow

Gary Ashworth
Chairman, Interquest Group

Sir Martyn Arbib
Founder and former Chairman, Perpetual plc

Lord Ashburton
Former Chairman, British Petroleum plc

Edward Atkin
Managing Director, Cannon Avent

David Bailey
Chairman, Datacash Group plc

Andrew Bainbridge
Director General, Major Energy Users' Council (MEUC Ltd)

Professor Sir James Ball
Emeritus Professor of Economics, London Business School

Martin Ballinger
Founder, Go-Ahead Management Group

Sir Anthony Bamford
Chairman, JCB Ltd

Nicholas Barber
Chairman, Bolero International

Anthony Barbour
Managing Director, Bolesworth Estate Company Ltd

Patrick Barbour
Director, Microgen plc

Colin Barrow
Chairman, Sabre Fund Management plc

John Barton
Chairman, Wellington Underwriting plc

Peter Barton
Deputy Chairman, Alliance & Leicester plc

Neville Baxter
Chairman, RH Group Ltd

Sir Philip Beck
Former Chairman, Railtrack plc

Sir John Beckwith
Chairman, Pacific Investments plc

Alan Bekhor
Managing Director, Ocean Bulk Carriers

Rupert Bentley
Director, Bentley Reid Group

Simon Bentley
Deputy Chairman, Mishcon de Reya

Marcus Beresford
Chairman, Ricardo plc

David Bernstein
Chairman, Blacks Leisure Group plc

Nicholas Berry
Chairman, Stancroft Trust

John Biggin
Managing Director, Keltruck Ltd

Richard Biffa
Deputy Chairman, Shanks Group plc

Lynn Billings
Finance Director, Finglow Ltd

Charlotte Black
Marketing Director, Brewin Dolphin Securities Ltd

Lord Blackwell of Woodcote
Chairman, Centre for Policy Studies

Toby Blackwell
President, Blackwell UK Ltd

Simon Boardman-Weston
Managing Director, Proficio Solutions Ltd

Bob Boas
Chairman, Federation of British Artists

Richard Boggis-Rolfe
Chief Executive, Odgers Ray and Berndtson

Roger Bootle
Managing Director, Capital Economics

Jamie Borwick
Chairman, Modec Electric Vehicles Ltd

John Brackenbury
Director, SFI Group Limited

Iain Breese
Chairman, Westler Foods

Michael Brent
Chairman and Managing Director, Trimite Ltd

David Briggs
Chief Executive, Dawson's Music Ltd

Simon Brocklebank-Fowler
Managing Director, Cubitt Consulting

Roger Brooke
Founder, Candover Investments

Mark Cannon Brookes
Director, NCL Smith & Williamson

Alan Brown
Group Chief Investment Officer, State Street Global Advisors

Dr Philip J Brown
Founder, PJB Publications

Richard Burrows
Chairman, Tex Holdings plc

Robert Burton
Managing Director, Flightform UK Ltd

Joel Cadbury
CEO, Longshot plc

Charles Cameron
Chief Executive, InTechnology plc

Ron Carlier
Group Chief Executive, R K Carvill & Co Ltd

Ken Carter
Chairman, JLT Group plc

Alun Catchcart
Chairman, Avis Europe

John Caudwell
Chairman and Chief Executive, The Caudwell Group

Lord Chadlington
Chief Executive, Huntsworth plc

Gilbert Chalk
Partner, Baring Private Equity Partners

Keith Chapman
Chairman, Findel plc

Kit Chapman
Proprietor, The Castle Hotel

John Clare
Chief Executive, Dixons Group plc

Robin Clark
Chairman, Taylor Clark plc

Duncan Clegg
Chairman, Low and Bonar plc

Algy Cluff
Cluff Gold Ltd

Sir Michael Cobham
President, Cobham plc

Tim Cockroft
Director, KBC Peel Hunt Ltd

Kay Coleman
Director, Harvey's and Co Ltd

Richard Collins
Chairman, F L Estates

Roderick Collins
Director, Firecrest Capital Ltd

Professor Tim Congdon
Chief Economist, Lombard Street Research Ltd

Andrew Cook
Chairman, William Cook Ltd

Professor Laurence Copeland
Professor of Finance Economics, Cardiff Business School

Michael Cornish
former Chairman, Linpac Group Ltd

John Cotton
Chairman, John Cotton Group Ltd

Neil Cotton
Madison Drinks Co Ltd

Sir Tom Cowie
President, Arriva plc

John Craig
Director, New Star Investment Trust plc

Sir John Craven
Chairman, Lonmin plc

Janet Crawford
Founder and Chair, Angel Human Resources

Stephen Curran
Chairman, Candover Investments

Jim Darling
Chairman, Codemasters Group Ltd

Duncan Davidson
Chairman, Persimmon Group plc

Sir Crispin Davis
Chief Executive, Reed Elsevier plc

James G Davis
Chairman, International Maritime Industries Forum

Michael de Carvalho
Vice Chairman, Schroder Salomom Smith Barney

Damon de Laszlo
Chairman, Economic Research Council

Guy Dellal
Property Investor

Felix Dennis
Chairman, Dennis Group

Charles Dent
Managing Director, Timothy Taylor & Co Ltd

Lord Derwent
Deputy Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa (Europe)

Rupert Dilnott-Cooper
former Chief Executive, Carlton Communication plc

Dr Maurice Dixson
Executive Chairman, Cranfield Aerospace Ltd

Judith Donovan
Chairman, DIY Direct Marketing Ltd

Lloyd Dorfman
Chairman and CEO, Travelex Group

Justin Dowley
Founder Partner, Tricorn Partners LLP

Jerry Drew
Director, World's End Productions

Philip Dunne
Chairman, Ottakar's plc

Joe Dwek
Director, IGP Investments Limited

Roger Earl
Consultant, Heath Lambert Group Limited

Stuart Earley
former Managing Director, Deep-Sea Leisure plc

Robert Edminston
Chairman and Chief Executive, IM Group Ltd

Sir Michael Edwardes
Chairman, Tryhorn Investments Ltd

Johan Eliasch
Chairman, Head Group

Ben Elliot
Founding Partner, Quintessentially

Alan Evans
Deputy Chairman, Hall and Watts (Optronics) Ltd

Patrick Evershed
Fund Manager, New Star Asset Management

Sir Malcolm Field
Chairman, Aricom plc

Geoffrey Fitchew
Director General (Financial Institutions), European Commission, 1993-94

Roddie Fleming
Director, Fleming Family & Partners

Peter Foden
former Chairman, ERF Ltd

Professor James Foreman-Peck
Director, Welsh Institute for Research in Economics and Development

Sir Rocco Forte
Chief Executive, RF Hotels

Oliver Fox-Pitt
Director, Fox-Pitt Kelton Ltd

William Frame
Managing Director, Braemore Estates Ltd

Clara Freeman
Chairman, Opportunity Now

Michael Freeman
Founder, Argent Group plc

John Frieda
Founder, John Frieda plc

Jonathan Fry
former Chairman, Elementis plc

Haruko Fukuda
Director, Volvo AB

Anthony Fuller
Chairman, Fuller Smith and Turner plc

Elizabeth Gage
Founder, Elizabeth Gage Ltd

Barry Gamble
Chairman and Chief Executive, Fountains plc

Edmund Gartside
Director, Shiloh plc

Martin Gatto
Chief Financial Officer, Aquila Network Services Limited

Sir Richard George
Chairman, Weetabix Ltd

Thomas Gibson
Chairman, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Advisory Services

Howard Giles
Chairman, Gilesports plc

Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes
Chief Executive, Medarc Ltd

Jonathan Goodwin
Joint Chief Executive, LongAcre Partners Ltd

Michael Gooley
Chairman, The Trailfinders Group Ltd

Campbell Gordon
Director, UBS

Ross Graham
Director, Misys plc

George Greenwood
former Chairman, Steamship Insurance Management Services Ltd

Sir Ronald Grierson
former Director-General for Industry and Technology, European Commission

Sir Stanley Grinstead
former Chairman, Grand Metropolitan plc

Lulu Guinness
Chairman, Lulu Guinness Ltd

Peter Hambro
Chairman, Peter Hambro plc

Richard Hambro
Chairman, JO Hambro Investment Management Ltd

Rupert Hambro
Founder and Chair, J O Hambro

Don Hanson
Chairman, Manchester University Pension Fund

Robert Hanson
Chairman, Hanson Capital Ltd

Stephen Hargrave
Chairman, Thomas Potts plc

Peter Hargreaves
Chief Executive, Hargreaves Lansdown plc

John Harris
Chairman, Alba plc

Lord Harris of Peckham
Chairman and Chief Executive, Carpetright plc

Jeff Harrison
Director, Tortcrest Ltd

Bobby Hashemi
Executive Chairman, Coffee Republic plc

Sir Brian Hayes
Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, 1983-85

Michael Heathcoat-Amory
Director, Jupiter International Green Investment Trust plc

Michael Heller
Chairman, London and Associated Properties Ltd

Oliver Hemsley
Chief Executive, Numis Corporation plc

Michael Hepher
Chairman, Telecity plc

John Hickman
Chairman, Kingston Estates Ltd

Lord Hindlip
former Chairman, Christies International plc

Alexander Hoare
Chief Executive, C Hoare & Co

David Hoare
Executive Chairman, Virgin Express Holdings plc

John Hoerner
Chief Executive, Clothing, Tesco Stores plc

Sir John Hoskyns
Chairman, Arcadia Group plc

Lord Howard of Rising
Chairman, Fortress Holdings plc

David Hunter
Director, NCL Investments Ltd

Kit Hunter Gordon
Managing Director, Summit Group Ltd

Kambiz Jaberi
Chairman and Managing Director, Karins Group of Companies

John Jackson
Chairman, Whirley Willows Ltd

Michael Jackson
Founder and Chairman, Elderstreet Investments Ltd

Clive Jacobs
Founder, holiday autos group

Sir Martin Jacomb
Director, Canary Wharf Group plc

Martin Jay
Chairman, VT Group plc

Peter Jay
Former Economics Editor of the BBC

Margot James
Founder, Shire Health Group

Sir John Jennings
former Chairman, Shell Transport and Trading Company plc

Luke Johnson
Chairman, Signature Restaurants plc

Christopher Joll
Chairman, MJ2 Ltd

Alan Jones
former Group Managing Director, TNT Express UK

Peter Jones
Operations Director, Argos Retail Group

C M Judd
Director, Gerald Judd Sales Ltd

Sir Paul Judge
Chairman, Teachers' TV

Lord Kalms of Edgware
President, Dixons plc

Peter Kane
Founder and Chairman, Business Post Group

Gerald Kaye
Development Director, Helical Bar plc

Nicholas Kaye
Managing Director, Canfield Investments Ltd

Dr Terence Kealey
Vice Chancellor, University of Buckingham

John Keating
Managing Director, Wessex Resins and Adhesives Ltd

Martyn Kebbell
Chairman, Maxwell Stamp plc

Brian Keelan
Group Strategy Director, Jardine Matheson plc

William Kendall
Chief Executive, Green & Black's Ltd

Sir Chips Keswick
former Chairman, Hambros Bank Ltd

Henry Keswick
Chairman, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd

Simon Keswick
Director, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Paul Killik
Joint Founder and Senior Partner, Killik and Co

Richard King
Chairman, Oyster Partners Ltd

Brian Kingham
Chairman, Reliance Security Group plc

Tom Kremer
Chairman, Seven Towns Ltd

Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay
Chairman, Institute for International Research

Martin Landau
Managing Director, MAB Ltd

Professor Deepak Lal
Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, UCL

Peter Lane
Managing Director, GRS Roadstone Ltd

Ruth Lea
Director, Centre for Policy Studies

Rodney Leach
Director, Jardine Matheson plc

Simon Lebus
Director, Common Marketing Ltd

Sir David Lees
Chairman, Tate & Lyle plc

Howard Leigh
Managing Director, Cavendish Corporate Finance Ltd

Hugh Lenon
Managing Partner, Phoenix Equity Partners

Peter Linacre
Managing Director, Massive Ltd

Kevin Linfoot
Chairman, K W Linfoot plc

Rupert Lowe
Chairman, Southampton Leisure Holdings Ltd

Gerard Lyons
City Economist

Peter Markwick
former Chief Executive, Guardian Media Group plc

Tim Martin
Chairman, JD Wetherspoon plc

Ivan Massow
Founder, Ivan Massow Financial Services Ltd

Malcom McAlpine
Director, Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd

C McCann
Managing Director, EBS Trustees Ltd

Kiki McDonough
Founder, Kiki McDonough Ltd

Charles McLeod
Chief Executive, The 4Less Group plc

Nigel McNair Scott
Chairman, Avocet Mining plc

John Melbourne
Director, Gulf International

Tim Melville-Ross
Chairman, DTZ Holdings plc

Sir Peter Michael
Chairman, Classic FM

Antony Michaelson
Managing Director, Musical Fidelity

Edgar Miller
Managing Director, Palladian Ltd

Michael Miller
Chairman, Harris & Sheldon Group Ltd

Sir Douglas Morpeth
Chairman, Clerical Medical Investment Group

James Morton
Director of Investments, European American Securities Inc

Raymond Mould
Chairman, Pillar Property plc

Simon Murray
Chairman, Simon Murray Associates

Robert Neame
Chairman, Shepherd Neame Ltd

Simon Newman
Chairman, Armchair Passenger Transport

Anthony Nissen
Managing Director, The Virtual Office Group

Sir Edwin Nixon
former Chairman and Chief Executive, IBM UK Holdings Ltd

Lizzie Noel
Director of Communications, Tribal Group plc

Sir John Nott
former Chairman, Hillsdown Holdings plc

Julian Ogilvie Thompson
Former Chairman, De Beers Group

Bruce Oldfield
Proprietor, Bruce Oldfield Ltd

Richard Oldfield
Chairman, Keystone Investment Trust

David Ord
Managing Director, The Bristol Port Company

Hugh Osmond
Founder, Punch Taverns Group

Gordon Owen
Chairman, NXT plc

David Palmer
former Chief Executive and Chairman, Willis Faber & Dumas

Lord Palumbo
former Chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain

Louise Patten
Chairman, Brixton plc

John Percy-Davis
Chairman, Alexander Forbes Risk Services

John Philips
Chairman, Reliance Barker Davis Ltd

Sir Michael Pickard
Former Managing Director, Trusthouse Forte

Sir Desmond Pitcher
Director, United Utilities plc

John Pittard
Director, SATRA Technology Centre

Michael Plaut
Managing Director, Northmace Hendon Ltd

David Price
former Chairman, F & C Management plc

John Priestley
Chief Executive, Fitzmaine Ltd

Peter Prowting
Chairman, Prowting Investments plc

David Pusinelli
Director of Corporate Development, Close Brothers Group plc

William Pybus
Former Chairman, AAH Holdings plc

Neil Record
Chairman and Chief Executive, Record Currency Management

David Reid Scott
Chairman, Hawkpoint Partners Limited

Lord Remnant
former Chairman, National Provident Institution

Nigel Rich
Chairman, Exel plc

Professor Martin Ricketts
Professor of Economic Organisation, University of Buckingham

John Ritblat
Chairman, British Land Company plc

Peter Rivers-Fletcher
Managing Director, Watsonian-Squire Group

Struan Robertson
Group Chief Executive, Wates Holdings Ltd

John Robins
Chairman, Austin Reed Group plc

Dr Edward Roderick
former Chief Executive, Christian Salvesen plc

Sir Dennis Rooke
former Chairman, British Gas plc

Philippa Rose
Chief Executive, Rose Partnership

David Ross
Deputy Chairman, Carphone Warehouse plc

John Sadler
Former Chairman, Pearl Group plc

Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover
President, Sainsburys plc

Nicholas Sallnow-Smith
Chief Executive, Hong Kong Land Holdings Limited

Michael Samuel
Managing Direcrtor, Maybourn group plc

Jim Sander
Chairman, Precision Concepts Ltd

Peter Savage
former Chairman, Regent Inns plc

Jeremy Seddon
former Chief Executive, British Invisibles

David Sedgley
Chairman, Roadlink International Ltd

Paul Selway Swift
Chairman, SVB Holdings

Christopher Shale
Chief Executive, Oxford Resources Ltd

Jonathan Shalit
Managing Director, Shalitglobal Ltd

Jane Sheldon
Managing Director, Mawsley Machinery Ltd

Giles Shepard
former Deputy Chairman, The Ritz, London

Brian Sheppard
Director, Manchester and London Investment Trust plc

Graham Sherren
Chairman and Chief Executive, Centaur Holdings plc

Christopher Shirtcliffe
former Group Finance Director, Securicor plc

Sir Neville Simms
Chairman and Chief Executive, Carillion plc

Michael Slade
Managing Director, Helical Bar plc

Martin Smith
Deputy Chairman, New Star Asset Management

Terry Smith
Chief Executive, Collins Stewart Tullett plc

Tommy Sopwith
Chairman, Endeavour Holdings Ltd

Sir John Sparrow
former Head of Central Policy, Cabinet office

Michael Spencer
Chief Executive, ICAP plc

Peter Spira
former Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Brian Stewart-Brown
former Deputy Chairman, Aon Group Ltd

Michael Stoddart
Senior Advisor, Fleming Family and Partners

Michael Stone
former Chairman, E D & F Man (Holdings) plc

Sir Richard Storey
former Chairman, Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers plc

Peter Stormonth Darling
Chairman, Atlas Capital Group Holdings SA

Penny Streeter
CEO, Ambition 24hours

John Sunley
Chairman, Sunley Holdings plc

Rhoddy Swire
Chairman, Pantheon Ventures Ltd

Ivan Taylor
Chief Executive, Pizza Piazza Ltd

Michael Taylor
Founding Director, Gresham Scientific Instruments

Michael Thomas
Managing Director, Aston Heating Ltd

Peter Thomas
Chairman, Atlantic Properties Ltd

David Thompson
Chairman, Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries plc

Richard Tice
Joint Chief Executive, Sunley Holdings plc

Peter Tom
Group Chief Executive, Aggregate Industries plc

Robert Tomkinson
Chairman, KIG Holdings Ltd

James Tonner
former President, Fidelity International Investments

Peregrine Towneley
Executive Committee member, Agnew Higgins Pickering & Co Ltd

Walter Triggs
Chairman, Waltrix Properties Ltd

Sir Neville Trotter
former Director, William Baird plc

Andrew Tuckey
Director, Bridgewell Group Ltd

Rod Turner
Chairman, Whale Tankers Ltd

Lord Vinson of Roddam Dene
Former Director, British Airports Authority

Fred Vinton
Chairman, Lambert Howarth Group plc

David von Simson
Managing Director, Europa Partners Ltd

Sir Peter Walters
former Chairman, BP plc

Ross Warburton
Executive Director, Warburtons Ltd

Sir Christopher Wates
former Chairman, Wates Holdings plc

Tim Watts
Chairman, Pertemps Group Ltd

Graham Whateley
Chairman, Castlemore Ltd

Nicholas Wheeler
Chairman, Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts

Stuart Wheeler
Founder, IG Group

Michael White
Director, Cavendish White Ltd

Simon Whitmore
Founder, Butcombe Brewery Ltd

Roger Wiggs
former Chief Executive, Securicor plc

John Wildgoose
Chairman, WIldgoose Construction

Sir Frank Williams
Founder, Williams F1

Sir Brian Williamson
Senior Advisor, Fleming Family & Partners

Peter Winkworth
Finance Director, Close Brothers Group

Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale
former Chairman, Great Universal Stores plc

Simon Wolfson
Chief Executive, Next plc

Robert Woods
Chief Executive, P&O Steam Navigation Company

Peter Winkworth
Joint Managing Director, Close Brothers Group plc

John Wright
former Chief Executive, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank plc

Stanislas Yassukovich
Deputy Chairman, ABC International Bank plc

John Young
Chairman, Young & Co's Brewery plc

Martin Young
Chief Executive, Meyado International Ltd

Lord Young of Graffham
Chairman, Young Associates Ltd

Stephen Zimmerman
Chairman, New Smith Capital Partners LLP

  



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