Title Sir | Spouse(s) Dorothy Angest Name Henry Angest | |
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Born c. 1941 Switzerland | ||
Occupation Banker, philanthropist | ||
Sir Henry Angest (born c. 1941) is a Swiss-born London-based banker and political donor. He serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arbuthnot Latham, a merchant bank in the City of London.
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Early life
Henry Angest was born circa 1941 in Switzerland.
Career
Angest serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arbuthnot Latham, a private bank in the City of London. One of its subsidiaries, the Secure Trust Bank, owns Everyday Loan.
Angest served on the Board of Directors of the Parity Group from 1997 to 2002. He served as a Master of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
Political activity
Angest served as the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. He has made large donations to the Conservative Party, where he has served as treasurer. He has also donated to William Hague, Chris Grayling, and Murdo Fraser. He has been invited to private dinners with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street and Chequers.
He has also made donations to The Atlantic Bridge, The Freedom Association, and Global Britain, an anti-European Union think tank.
In 2015, he was knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours List "for political services". As a result, if he were to become a British Subject then he would be styled Sir Henry Angest.
Personal life
He is married to Dorothy Angest. In 2010, he was worth an estimated GBP£45 million.