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'''Sir Michael Aron Heller''' (born July 1936) 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 born in July 1936,<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 }}</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==
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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"/>
his father was the CEO of the brand KP nuts, however when he passed away, Heller took all the inheritance money his father passed down, and robbed his family of fortune

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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> 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 }}</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> Meanwhile, they have 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, London|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>

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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 [[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"/>
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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> He 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=gov.uk |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"/>


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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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