Belizean

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam Group
Nonexecutive Chairman

Lord Michael Ashcroft was appointed nonexecutive chairman of Impellam Group plc in 2014. A long-time conservative party supporter, he served as deputy chairman from 2005 to 2010; he stepped down from the House of Lords in 2015 to focus on other areas of his work. He is also founder and chairman of trustees of both Crimestoppers and the Ashcroft Technology Academy. In 2016, he was made Knight Grand Cross of The Imperial Order of The Holy Trinity (Ethiopia) and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2017, he was made a Senior Fellow of the International Strategic Studies Association.

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellan Group
Non-Executive Chairman

Lord Michael Ashcroft, KCMG PC, was appointed non-executive chairman of Impellan Group, which had revenue of £1.3 billion in its last financial year,. He is a successful businessman, philanthropist, pollster and former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party between 2005 and 2010., In 2010, his 57 percent holding of Impellam was transferred to his children and “remoter issue.” According to The Sunday Times, his personal fortune is estimated to be more than €1 billion, half of which he has pledged to donate to charity.

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam Group Plc
Non-executive Chairman
British/Belizean

Lord Michael Ashcroft is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. He has varied and substantial business interests around the world in public and private companies, including serving as non-executive chairman of Impellam Group, a £2.25 billion UK-based staffing firm. He is a former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK, the honourary chairman and former treasurer of the International Democrat Union and a Privy Council member. In the UK, he is the founder and chair of trustees of both Crimestoppers and the Ashcroft Technology Academy and chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam
Owner

Lord Michael Ashcroft, KCMG PC, is a successful businessman, philanthropist and former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party between 2005 and 2010. His many business interests include U.K. staffing firm Impellam, which had revenue of £1.2 billion in its last financial year. In 2010 his 57 percent holding, via the Lombard Trust, was transferred to his children and “remoter issue.” According to The Sunday Times, his personal fortune is estimated to be more than €1 billion, half of which he has pledged to donate to charity.

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam Group
Non-executive Chairman
Belizean/British

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Lord Michael Ashcroft is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. Lord Ashcroft has varied and substantial business interests around the world in public and private companies, including serving as non-executive chairman of Impellam Group, a £2.25 billion UK-based staffing firm. He is a former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK, the honourary chairman and former treasurer of the International Democrat Union and a Privy Council member. In the UK, he is the founder and chair of trustees of both Crimestoppers and the Ashcroft Technology Academy and chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam Group
Non-executive Chairman

Lord Michael Ashcroft is an international businessman, author, philanthropist and pollster. Ashcroft was appointed non executive chairman of Impellam Group plc in December 2014. Ashcroft resigned from the House of Lords in March 2015, stating that his other activities did not permit him “to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly required”. He is the founder and chairman of Crimestoppers, vice patron of the Intelligence Corps Museum, a trustee of Imperial War Museums, a trustee of the Cleveland Clinic in the US, ambassador to SkillForce, a trustee and president of the West India Committee, chairman of the Trustees of Ashcroft Technology Academy, and chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University in the UK.

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam Group
Non-Executive Chairman

Lord Michael Ashcroft, KCMG PC, was appointed non-executive chairman of Impellam Group, which had revenue of £1.7 billion in its last financial year. He is a successful businessman, philanthropist, pollster and former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party between 2005 and 2010. In 2010, his 57% holding of Impellam was transferred to his children and “remoter issue.” The Sunday Times estimates his personal fortune at more than €1 billion, half of which he has pledged to donate to charity. In March 2015, he resigned from the House of Lords, stating that his other activities did not permit him “to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly required”.

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam Group Plc
Non-executive Chairman
British/Belizean

Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame | 2022

An international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster, Lord Michael Ashcroft has had varied and substantial business interests around the world in public and private companies. In staffing, he has held a majority interest in Impellam Group, a £2.26 billion UK-based staffing firm; he was named non-executive chairman of the firm in 2014.

He is a former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK, the honourary chairman and former treasurer of the International Democrat Union and a Privy Council member. In the UK, he is the founder and chair of trustees of both Crimestoppers and the Ashcroft Technology Academy and chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.

In April, he announced his intention to divest his shares of Impellam as he restructures his assets to focus on philanthropic and other activities.

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Lord Michael Ashcroft

Impellam Group
Nonexecutive Chairman

Lord Michael Ashcroft is an international businessman, author, philanthropist and pollster. He was appointed nonexecutive chairman of Impellam Group plc in 2014. Ashcroft resigned from the House of Lords in March 2015, stating that his other activities did not permit him “to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly required”. He is the founder and chairman of Crimestoppers, vice patron of the Intelligence Corps Museum, a trustee of Imperial War Museum, a trustee of the Cleveland Clinic in the US, ambassador to SkillForce, a trustee and president of the West India Committee, chairman of the Trustees of Ashcroft Technology Academy, and chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University in the UK.