Andrew Rosenfeld
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Andrew Ian Rosenfeld (born 27 April 1962) is a British businessman who was co-founder, Chief Executive and Chairman of Minerva plc. He volunteers for a number of charitable organizations and is a major donor to the Labour Party. In 2012 he co-founded The People's Operator, a mobile telephone company.
Personal life
Rosenfeld has a bachelor's degree in Estate Management from London South Bank University, and thereafter qualified as a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.[1] He was number 540 on the Sunday Times Rich List 2009, with an estimated net worth of £100 million.[2] In 2006 he moved to Geneva[3] with his family as a tax exile but returned to the UK in April 2011.[4] While he lived in Switzerland he held many of his assets offshore in the British Virgin Islands, but since returning to Britain he has moved them back into that country.[4] He currently lives in Regent's Park.[5]
Charitable activities
He was head of the UK National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children's FULL STOP campaign, raising £250 million which is the largest sum ever raised in Britain for a single children's appeal. Formerly he was a Jewish Care trustee.[3] He is a Vice President of the NSPCC[6] and is Chairman of the FULL STOP Fellowship.
Political funding
Before the 2005 General Election he lent £1 million to the Labour Party, and was subsequently repaid in full by 2009. He has announced he will donate £1 million to the Labour Party for the 2015 UK General Election campaign.[3]
Career
Rosenfeld sold his entire shareholding in Minerva along with other interests prior to stepping down as Chairman before the Company became valued at £600 million. From 2006, he has been based in Geneva, Switzerland, where he set up an investment group called "Air Capital" and formed a real estate partnership with the Goldman Sachs Whitehall Fund.
The People's Operator
In 2012 Rosenfeld founded a new mobile phone company, The People's Operator, that contributes 10% of income and 25% of profits to charity and other non-profit organisations.[7]
References
- ^ www.rics.org
- ^ Sunday Times Rich List 2009, Sunday Times, 2009.
- ^ a b c Marcus Dysch (15 April 2013). "Andrew Rosenfeld to be Labour Party's biggest donor". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ a b Oliver Shah (April 14, 2013). "Property mogul's £1m to Labour". The Sunday Times. p. 1.
- ^ Matthew Goodman (May 26, 2013). "Ed's tycoon chum in home defeat" (Ulster ed.). The Sunday Times. p. 12.
- ^ "NSPCC Annual report 2011/12" (PDF). NSPCC. 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Tania Mason (19 November 2012). "Wealthy Labour donor launches mobile network with charity link". Civil Society. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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