NewMedia Spark has appointed MP and former Treasury Minister John Maples as a non-executive director, to replace Per Lundberg who has resigned.
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Maples is currently an MP for Stratford-on-Avon and a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Council Member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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Before this he was in number of political positions including treasury minister, deputy chairman of the Conservative party, shadow foreign secretary and shadow secretary of state for health and defence.
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Maples' other directorships include non-executive chairman of Advanced Visual Technology and non-executive director of Value Retail.Â
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He was also chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi government communications worldwide.
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Maples also has some fund management experience having been jointly responsible for Newton Asset Management’s Wellington BES Fund, which invested in smaller companies.Â