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Sir '''Michael Heller''' is a British business executive and philanthropist.
'''Sir Michael Aron Heller''' (15 July 1936 – 30 January 2023) was a British business executive and philanthropist.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Michael Aron Heller was educated at the [[Harrogate Grammar School]] in [[Harrogate]], [[North Yorkshire]], England.<ref name="debretts">{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/81982/Michael-Aron-HELLER |title=Michael Aron HELLER |website=[[Debrett's]] |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> He graduated from [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge|St Catherine's College]], a constituent college of the [[University of Cambridge]], where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1955.<ref name="debretts"/><ref name="camb">{{cite web |url=http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/directory/sir-michael-heller |title=Sir Michael Heller |website=St Catharine's College, Cambridge |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref>
Michael Aron Heller was born in [[London]] on 15 July 1936,<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Michael Aron Heller |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-257665 |website=WHO'S WHO 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=CompaniesHouse>{{cite web|title=Bisichi Mining plc|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00112155/officers|website=Companies House|accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref> and educated at the [[Harrogate Grammar School]] in [[Harrogate]], [[North Yorkshire]], England.<ref name="debretts">{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/81982/Michael-Aron-HELLER |title=Michael Aron HELLER |website=[[Debrett's]] |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He graduated from [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]], where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1955.<ref name="debretts"/><ref name="camb">{{cite web |url=http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/directory/sir-michael-heller |title=Sir Michael Heller |website=St Catharine's College, Cambridge |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref>


==Business career==
==Business career==
Heller served as the Chief Executive Officer of [[KP Snacks|KP Nuts]].<ref name="cps">{{cite web |url=http://www.cps.org.uk/about/board/michael-heller/ |title=Sir Michael Heller |website=Centre for Policy Studies |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> He served on the Board of Directors of [[United Biscuits]].<ref name="cps"/> He also served as the Chairman of UB's pension fund.<ref name="cps"/>
Heller served as the Chairman of [[Bisichi Mining]].<ref name="debretts"/> He also served as the Chairman of [[London & Associated Properties]].<ref name="debretts"/><ref name="lap">{{cite web |url=http://www.lap.co.uk/Investors/DirectorsAdvisers.aspx |title=DIRECTORS & ADVISORS |website=London & Associated Properties |access-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020145227/http://www.lap.co.uk/Investors/DirectorsAdvisers.aspx |archive-date=2015-10-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additionally, he served as the Chairman of [[Electronic Data Processing (company)|Electronic Data Processing]].<ref name="debretts"/>

Heller serves as the Chairman of [[Bisichi Mining]].<ref name="debretts"/> He also serves as the Chairman of [[London & Associated Properties]].<ref name="debretts"/><ref name="lap">{{cite web |url=http://www.lap.co.uk/Investors/DirectorsAdvisers.aspx |title=DIRECTORS & ADVISORS |website=London & Associated Properties |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of [[Electronic Data Processing (company)|Electronic Data Processing]].<ref name="debretts"/>


==Philanthropy==
==Philanthropy==
Heller co-founded the Michael & Morven Heller Charitable Foundation in 1988.<ref name="greattreat">{{cite news|title=‘Great treat’ to be knighted, says Hampstead man |first=Flora |last=Drury |url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/great_treat_to_be_knighted_says_hampstead_man_1_1756604 |newspaper=Ham & High |date=December 31, 2012 |accessdate = October 15, 2015}}</ref> With his wife, he has made charitable contributions to the [[Hampstead Theatre]] and the [[London Jewish Cultural Centre]].<ref name="hamptheatre">{{cite web |url=http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/support-us-/our-supporters/current-patrons/ |title=Current Patrons |website=Hampstead Theatre |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="jewishcultural">{{cite web |url=http://www.ljcc.org.uk/about/patrons |title=Patrons |website=London Jewish Cultural Centre |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> They also donated to the Save Van Dyck for the [[National Portrait Gallery]] to acquired [[Anthony van Dyck]]'s self-portrait.<ref name="vandyck">{{cite web |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/van-dyck/supporters.php |title=Van Dyck: A Master of Everyone: Supporters |website=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref>
Heller co-founded the Michael & Morven Heller Charitable Foundation in 1988.<ref name="greattreat">{{cite news|title='Great treat' to be knighted, says Hampstead man |first=Flora |last=Drury |url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/great_treat_to_be_knighted_says_hampstead_man_1_1756604 |newspaper=Ham & High |date=December 31, 2012 |accessdate = October 15, 2015}}</ref> Thanks to a charitable gift they made to the [[Magen David Adom]] UK Friend Society in 2006, a Mobile Intensive Care Unit which drives pregnant women in Israel to the nearest hospital was named in their honour.<ref name="magenamb">{{cite web |url=http://mdauk.org/news/ambulance-dedication-ceremony-sir-michael-lady-morven-heller/ |title=Ambulance Dedication Ceremony – Sir Michael & Lady Morven Heller |website=Magen David Adom |access-date=October 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082128/http://mdauk.org/news/ambulance-dedication-ceremony-sir-michael-lady-morven-heller/ |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> Eight years later, in 2008, as a result of another donation, an ambulance was also named in their honour.<ref name="magenamb"/>

In 2010, they attended a fundraising dinner for the [[World ORT|British ORT]], a Jewish charity.<ref name="londondiners">{{cite news|title=London diners collect £400K for Ort's schools |url=http://www.thejc.com/galleries/the-guest-list/london-diners-collect-%C2%A3400k-orts-schools?img=2 |newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle |date=October 27, 2010 |accessdate = October 15, 2015}}</ref>

They also contributed to the [[Hampstead Theatre]] and the [[London Jewish Cultural Centre]].<ref name="hamptheatre">{{cite web |url=http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/support-us-/our-supporters/current-patrons/ |title=Current Patrons |website=Hampstead Theatre |access-date=October 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929054750/http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/support-us-/our-supporters/current-patrons/ |archivedate=29 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name="jewishcultural">{{cite web|url=http://www.ljcc.org.uk/about/patrons |title=Patrons |website=London Jewish Cultural Centre |access-date=15 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905222103/http://www.ljcc.org.uk/about/patrons |archivedate=5 September 2015 }}</ref> They donated to the Save Van Dyck for the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] to acquire [[Anthony van Dyck]]'s self-portrait.<ref name="vandyck">{{cite web |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/van-dyck/supporters.php |title=Van Dyck: A Master of Everyone: Supporters |website=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

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Heller served as the Deputy Chairman of the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name="receivespeerage">{{cite news|title=New Year Honours List 2013: Tory donors get gongs: Property tycoons who have given more than £160,000 to the Conservative Party have been given awards in today's New Year Honours List. |first=Rowena |last=Mason |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9769966/New-Year-Honours-List-2013-Tory-donors-get-gongs.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 December 2012 |accessdate = 15 October 2015}}</ref> By 2012, he had donated over GBP£100,000 to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref name="receivespeerage"/> In 2014, he attended a GBP£50,000 dinner with Conservative Prime Minister [[David Cameron]].<ref name="mirror">{{cite news|title=David Cameron's Tories in 'cash for access' backlash as donors pay £50,000 to have 'Dinner with Dave' |first=Jack |last=Blanchard |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-camerons-tories-cash-access-4618443 |newspaper=The Mirror |date=12 November 2014 |accessdate = 15 October 2015}}</ref> He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]], a center-right think tank based in London.<ref name="debretts"/> He later served as a member of its Board.<ref name="cps">{{cite web |url=http://www.cps.org.uk/about/board/michael-heller/ |title=Sir Michael Heller |website=Centre for Policy Studies |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108130858/http://www.cps.org.uk/about/board/michael-heller/ |archive-date=8 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Heller was named a [[Fellow Commoner]] by his alma mater, [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge|St Catharine's College]], in 2003.<ref name="camb"/> He received an honorary degree from [[Sheffield Hallam University]] in 2010.<ref name="sheffield">{{cite web |url=http://www.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/leading-philanthropist-receives-honorary-degree?filter=Awards |title=Leading philanthropist receives honorary degree |website=Sheffield Hallam University|date=18 November 2010 |access-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


Heller was named Fellow Commoner by his alma mater, St Catharine's College, in 2003.<ref name="camb"/> He received an honorary degree from [[Sheffield Hallam University]] in 2010.<ref name="sheffield">{{cite web |url=http://www.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/leading-philanthropist-receives-honorary-degree?filter=Awards |title=Leading philanthropist receives honorary degree |website=Sheffield Hallam University|date=November 18, 2010 |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref>
Heller was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2013 New Year Honours]] "for charitable services".<ref name="receivespeerage"/><ref name="govuk">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80168/NY13_Honours_Queens_List.pdf |page=2 |title=Knights Bachelor: Knighthood |website=gov.uk |access-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


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==Personal life and death==
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Heller served as the Deputy Chairman of the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name="receivespeerage">{{cite news|title=New Year Honours List 2013: Tory donors get gongs: Property tycoons who have given more than £160,000 to the Conservative Party have been given awards in today’s New Year Honours List. |first=Rowena |last=Mason |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9769966/New-Year-Honours-List-2013-Tory-donors-get-gongs.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=December 29, 2012 |accessdate = October 15, 2015}}</ref> By 2012, he had donated over GBP£100,000 to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref name="receivespeerage"/> In 2014, he attended a GBP£50,000 dinner with Conservative Prime Minister [[David Cameron]].<ref name="mirror">{{cite news|title=David Cameron's Tories in 'cash for access' backlash as donors pay £50,000 to have 'Dinner with Dave' |first=Jack |last=Blanchard |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-camerons-tories-cash-access-4618443 |newspaper=The Mirror |date=November 12, 2014 |accessdate = October 15, 2015}}</ref> He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]], a center-right think tank based in London.<ref name="debretts"/> He now serves as a member of its Board.<ref name="cps"/>
Heller was married to Morven Livingstone, Lady Heller (b. 1940), daughter of Dr Julius Livingstone, a family doctor, and Pearl (née Levy). Morven was raised with her younger sister, human rights lawyer Frances Raday, in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frances Raday |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/Raday-Frances |website=Jewish Women's Archive|accessdate=19 January 2023}}</ref> Together they resided in [[Hampstead]], north London.<ref name="receivespeerage"/>


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Heller was a member of the [[Royal Automobile Club]], a private members' club.<ref name="debretts"/> He also collected modern art.<ref name="debretts"/>
Heller was [[Knights Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2013 New Year Honours]] "for charitable services".<ref name="receivespeerage"/><ref name="govuk">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80168/NY13_Honours_Queens_List.pdf |page=2 |title=Knights Bachelor: Knighthood |website=Centre for Policy Studies |access-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref>


Heller died on 30 January 2023, at the age of 86.<ref>[https://www.marketscreener.com/amp/quote/stock/LONDON-ASSOCIATED-PROPE-4002101/news/London-Associated-Properties-Plc-Sir-Michael-Heller-Chairman-Passes-Away-42859312/ London & Associated Properties Plc - Sir Michael Heller, Chairman, Passes Away]</ref>
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==Personal life==
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With his wife Morven, he resides in [[Hampstead]] in North London.<ref name="receivespeerage"/> He is a member of the [[Royal Automobile Club]], a private members' club.<ref name="debretts"/> He collects modern art.<ref name="debretts"/>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 09:54, 21 May 2024

Sir
Michael Heller
Born
Michael Aron Heller

(1936-07-15)15 July 1936
London, England
Died30 January 2023(2023-01-30) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish citizenship
EducationHarrogate Grammar School
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
OccupationBusinessman
Known forBusinessman, philanthropist
SpouseMorven Heller

Sir Michael Aron Heller (15 July 1936 – 30 January 2023) was a British business executive and philanthropist.

Early life

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Michael Aron Heller was born in London on 15 July 1936,[1][2] and educated at the Harrogate Grammar School in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.[3] He graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1955.[3][4]

Business career

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Heller served as the Chairman of Bisichi Mining.[3] He also served as the Chairman of London & Associated Properties.[3][5] Additionally, he served as the Chairman of Electronic Data Processing.[3]

Philanthropy

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Heller co-founded the Michael & Morven Heller Charitable Foundation in 1988.[6] Thanks to a charitable gift they made to the Magen David Adom UK Friend Society in 2006, a Mobile Intensive Care Unit which drives pregnant women in Israel to the nearest hospital was named in their honour.[7] Eight years later, in 2008, as a result of another donation, an ambulance was also named in their honour.[7]

In 2010, they attended a fundraising dinner for the British ORT, a Jewish charity.[8]

They also contributed to the Hampstead Theatre and the London Jewish Cultural Centre.[9][10] They donated to the Save Van Dyck for the National Portrait Gallery to acquire Anthony van Dyck's self-portrait.[11]

Heller served as the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel.[12] By 2012, he had donated over GBP£100,000 to the Conservative Party.[12] In 2014, he attended a GBP£50,000 dinner with Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron.[13] He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies, a center-right think tank based in London.[3] He later served as a member of its Board.[14]

Heller was named a Fellow Commoner by his alma mater, St Catharine's College, in 2003.[4] He received an honorary degree from Sheffield Hallam University in 2010.[15]

Heller was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours "for charitable services".[12][16]

Personal life and death

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Heller was married to Morven Livingstone, Lady Heller (b. 1940), daughter of Dr Julius Livingstone, a family doctor, and Pearl (née Levy). Morven was raised with her younger sister, human rights lawyer Frances Raday, in Manchester.[17] Together they resided in Hampstead, north London.[12]

Heller was a member of the Royal Automobile Club, a private members' club.[3] He also collected modern art.[3]

Heller died on 30 January 2023, at the age of 86.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Sir Michael Aron Heller". WHO'S WHO 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Bisichi Mining plc". Companies House. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Michael Aron HELLER". Debrett's. Retrieved 15 October 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b "Sir Michael Heller". St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. ^ "DIRECTORS & ADVISORS". London & Associated Properties. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ^ Drury, Flora (31 December 2012). "'Great treat' to be knighted, says Hampstead man". Ham & High. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Ambulance Dedication Ceremony – Sir Michael & Lady Morven Heller". Magen David Adom. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  8. ^ "London diners collect £400K for Ort's schools". The Jewish Chronicle. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Current Patrons". Hampstead Theatre. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Patrons". London Jewish Cultural Centre. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Van Dyck: A Master of Everyone: Supporters". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d Mason, Rowena (29 December 2012). "New Year Honours List 2013: Tory donors get gongs: Property tycoons who have given more than £160,000 to the Conservative Party have been given awards in today's New Year Honours List". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  13. ^ Blanchard, Jack (12 November 2014). "David Cameron's Tories in 'cash for access' backlash as donors pay £50,000 to have 'Dinner with Dave'". The Mirror. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Sir Michael Heller". Centre for Policy Studies. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Leading philanthropist receives honorary degree". Sheffield Hallam University. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Knights Bachelor: Knighthood" (PDF). gov.uk. p. 2. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Frances Raday". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  18. ^ London & Associated Properties Plc - Sir Michael Heller, Chairman, Passes Away
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