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Shapps, Grant - Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence - ACOBA advice

Advice to Rt Hon Grant Shapps, former Secretary of State for Defence, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.

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The Rt Hon Grant Shapps left his role at Ministry of Defence in July 2024.

Partner, 7percent Ventures

The Rt Hon Grant Shapps sought the Committee鈥檚 advice about taking up an appointment with 7percent Ventures. The containing the Committee鈥檚 consideration and the conditions imposed on the appointment was sent in April 2025; and the appointment was taken up in later that month. An accessible version of the letter is available here.

Chair, Cambridge Aerospace

The Rt Hon Grant Shapps sought the Committee鈥檚 advice about taking up an appointment with Cambridge Aerospace. The containing the Committee鈥檚 consideration and the conditions imposed on the appointment was sent in November 2024; and the appointment was taken up later than month. An accessible version of the letter is available here.

The Rt Hon Grant Shapps left his role as Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 2015, before rejoining government in July 2019. The Committee鈥檚 correspondence to Grant Shapps in relation to appointments following his previous departure from government in 2015 are also listed on this page.

Advisor, Avanti Communications Group

The Rt Hon Grant Shapps sought the Committee鈥檚 advice about taking up an appointment with Avanti Communications Group. The containing the Committee鈥檚 consideration and the conditions imposed on the appointment was sent in October 2017

Updates to this page

Published 6 November 2017
Last updated 12 August 2025 show all updates
  1. Appointments with Cambridge Aerospace and 7percent Ventures added

  2. First published.

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