House of Commons
Session 2013-14
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The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 11th November 2013
BROWN, Rt. Hon. Gordon (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments as Distinguished Global Leader in Residence at New York University: Campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi and Florence. Hours: ongoing commitment.
Address: 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012:
Payment of £126,380 for travel, staff and research fund. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Accommodation paid for me and my staff in Abu Dhabi ; value £1,410.34 (Registered 9 April 2013; updated 17 June 2013; updated 3 July 2013)
Accommodation paid for me and my staff in New York; value £1,457.96 (Registered 17 June 2013 )
Payment of £123,846.68 for travel, staff and research fund. (Registered 25 October 2013)
Accommodation paid for me and my staff in Shanghai; value £1,092.60. (Registered 25 October 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this role personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payments as Chairman of the World Economic Forum Policy Coordination Group. Address: Route de la Capite 91-93, 1223 Cologny/Geneva:
Payment for staff and research of £40,679.51 as Chairman of the World Economic Forum Policy Coordination Group. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Tianjin, China, also paid for me and my staff; £12,032.38. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Gurgaon, India, also paid for me and my staff; £15,643.16. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Dubai, also paid for me and my staff; £8,369.18. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Geneva, Switzerland, also paid for me and my staff; £10,508.33. (Registered 9 April 2013)
Airfare and accommodation in Geneva, Switzerland, also paid for me and my staff; £542.03. (Registered 17 June 2013)
Payment for staff and research of £83,351.33 as Chairman of the World Economic Forum Policy Coordination Group. (Registered 17 June 2013)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Cape Town, South Africa, also paid for me and my staff; £18,904.95. (Registered 17 June 2013)
Payment for staff and research of £42,439.06, as Chairman of the World Economic Forum Policy Coordination Group. (Registered 25 October 2013)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Dailian, China, also paid for me and my staff; £12,531.66. (Registered 25 October 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Signature advance of £22,500 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, for book to be published in 2012. Address: 222 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB. Hours: Nil at time of registration. (Registered 20 December 2011)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £60,375.83 for speech to the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Yalta, Ukraine. Address of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation: 2 Mechnikova Street, O1601 Kiev, Ukraine. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £9,843.24. (Registered 27 November 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,916.68 plus flight and other costs, for speech to Czech Teleaxis. Address of Czech Teleaxis: Vaclavske namesti 802/56, PalacBlanik, Praha 1, 110 00 Czech Republic. Hours: 2 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £3,895.34. (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £61,009.54 plus flight and other costs for speech to the Global Forum Secretariat in Seoul, Korea. Address of the Global Forum Secretariat: Korea Economic Daily, 13F Hankyung Bldg, 441 Junglim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, 100-791 South Korea. Hours: 4.5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £12,084.72 (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,469.03 plus flight and other costs for speech to LL Global Inc. Address of LL Global Inc: 300 Day Hill Road, Windsor, CT 06095 USA. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £20,812.15 (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £19,463.64 for speech to the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. Address of Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: 30 S. Wells St, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Hours: 3.5 hrs. (Registered 27 November 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. Address: UN Headquarters, New York, NY 10017. Ongoing commitment. (Registered 18 July 2012):
Airfare, accommodation and transport paid by UNESCO; value £5,011.44. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare, accommodation and transport paid by the UN; value £7,790.75, to Timor-Leste. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare paid by UNESCO; value £5,106, to New York. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfares paid for me and my staff by UNESCO; value £1,198, to Paris. Accommodation; £560.40 (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
Flight costs paid for me and my staff: value £2,653.19 by Econet Wireless International (Pty) Ltd, 3 Eaton Avenue, Johannesburg, 2191, South Africa, for meetings with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria. (Registered 25 October 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Flights, accommodation and transport paid for me and my staff; value £6,645.44 for Launch of Educate a Child to World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Doha. Address of Qatar Foundation: PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar. Hours 1.5hrs (Registered 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Flights, accommodation and transport paid for me and my staff; value £18.574.70, to attend and speak at the Educate a Child High Level Strategic Meeting to Accelerate Efforts to reach Out of School children in Doha, Qatar. Address of Qatar Foundation: PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar. Hours: 2.5 hrs. (Registered 17 June 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £61,286.29 for speech to the Huatuo CEO Business Consultant in Shanghai, China. Address of the the Huatuo CEO Business Consultant: Sunnyworld Center, No 188,Lushan Road, Hexi CBD, Jiayne District,Nanjing, Jiangsu 210019 China. Hours: 5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £30,105.46 (Registered 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £22,086.31 for speech to Corsair Capital in Paris, France. Address of Corsair Capital: 717 Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Hours: 3hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £2,298.57 (Registered 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,569.11 for speech to Cisco in Oslo, Norway. Address of Cisco: 170 West Tasman, San Jose, CA 95134, USA. Hours: 3hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £4,157.47 (Registered 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £49,455.10 for speech to Callan Investments Institute in San Francisco, USA. Address of Callan Investments Institute: 101 California Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94111. Hours: 1.5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £4,835.08. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,898.25 for presentations to Trinity University in San Antonio, USA. Address of Trinity University: 106 Oakmont, San Antonio, TX 78212. Hours: 5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £9,479.46. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £49,915 for speech to NAPE Expo in Houston, USA. Address of NAPE Expo: 4100 Fossil Creek Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX 76137. Hours: 1.5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £8,248.92. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £62,622.17 for speech to Government Summit, Dubai, UAE. Address of the UAE’s Prime Minister’s Offfice: PO Box 212000, Dubai, UAE. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £29,146.49 . (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Flights and accommodation paid for me and my staff; value £13,077.70, to speak at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ 13th Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar. Address: Permanent Committee for Organising Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PO Box 24500, Doha, Qatar. Hours 1.5 hrs (Registered 17 June 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Accommodation and transport paid for me and my staff; value £743.92, for speech to the Education International Executive Board in Brussels. Address: 5 Bd du Roi Albert 11,B-1210 Brussels. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 17 June 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Accommodation, transport and registration fees paid for me and my staff; value £1,144.58, for speech and interviews at MIP TV Cannes. Address: Reed MIDEM Paris Headquarters, 27 Quai Alphonse Le Gallo CS10026, 92513 Boulogne Billancourt Cedax.
(Registered 17 June 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,803.25 for speech to AlphaMetrix in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Address: AlphaMetrix LLC, 515 Madison Avenue, Suite 14A, New York, NY 10022. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £12,216.86. (Registered 25 October 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £28,975.01 for speech to American Express Global Client Group in New York, USA. Address: Global Client Group, American Express, 4315 S 2700 E, MC: 02-01-70, Salt Lake City, UT 84121. Hours: 2 hrs. Flights and transport also paid for me and my staff; value £6,190.51. (Registered 25 October 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,737.82 for speech to HSM Americas Inc in New York, USA. Address: 501 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor/Suite 1003, New York, NY 100022 USA. Hours: 2 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £22,019.78.
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
See also my entries under Category 2.
9. Shareholdings
(a) Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown Ltd; company set up to provide administrative support for Mr and Mrs Brown in their ongoing activities.
11. Miscellaneous
Co-convenor of the Global Campaign for Education high level panel. Unpaid role: research and back-up support provided via members of the GCE Coalition.