# Tony Caplin

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**Anthony Lindsay Caplin** (born 1951 in Southport, Lancashire), a son of Abram Caplin and Vera Doris Benjamin. He is a British company director and former chief operating officer of the United Kingdom's [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)).

In 2009, it was suggested that he should be appointed a peer.[1]

He was appointed to the [Public Works Loan Board](/source/Public_Works_Loan_Board) by the Labour government in 2003 and was made chairman by Prime Minister David Cameron in July 2013. The board is responsible for lending money to [local authorities](/source/Local_authorities) for infrastructure projects and collecting the repayments. He resigned from this position in 2014 after it emerged he had failed to disclose being declared bankrupt in 2012. [2][3]

## Former appointments

Positions that Caplin has previously held include: [4]

- Chairman of [William Clowes Ltd.](/source/William_Clowes_Ltd.)
- Chairman of stockbrokers [Panmure Gordon](/source/Panmure_Gordon), from January 17, 2002 until September 30, 2009
- Board of the [Medical Research Council](/source/Medical_Research_Council_(United_Kingdom))
- Chair of [North West London Hospitals NHS Trust](/source/North_West_London_Hospitals_NHS_Trust) until January 2013
- Chair of [Ealing Hospital NHS Trust](/source/Ealing_Hospital_NHS_Trust)
- Advisor of [ITI Energy](/source/ITI_Energy) Limited
- Non-Executive Chairman of [Energy Technique](/source/Energy_Technique) plc until February 21, 2007
- Acting Chief Executive Officer of [Disenco Energy](/source/Disenco_Energy) plc from May 2008 to March 16, 2009, Chairman until March 16, 2009
- Chairman, Director [Durlacher](/source/Durlacher)
- Managing Director of [Manchester News](/source/Manchester_News) Ltd
- President of [Pacific Telesis](/source/Pacific_Telesis)
- Chief Executive of [First City](/source/First_City) GB
- Chief Executive of [Hunterprint](/source/Hunterprint) plc
- Non-Executive Chairman of [Urban Wimax](/source/Urban_Wimax) Limited
- Chairman of [Era plc](/source/Era_plc)
- Chairman of [ANT Ltd](/source/ANT_Ltd) from October 2002
- Non-executive chairman of [G.S.Technologies](/source/G.S.Technologies) Ltd
- Board of [Norprint](/source/Norprint) Ltd
- Board of [Coppice Allupack](/source/Coppice_Allupack) Ltd
- Non-Executive Chairman of Dynamic Commercial Finance plc until August 2004
- Chairman of [iRevolution](/source/IRevolution) Group plc since July 27, 2000
- Chairman of [Totally plc](/source/Totally_plc)
- Chairman of [Financial Development Corporation](/source/Financial_Development_Corporation) plc
- Chairman of [Alternative Networks](/source/Alternative_Networks) plc from January 18, 2010 to May 18, 2012
- Non-Executive Chairman of [Gladstone plc](/source/Gladstone_plc) from July 11, 2005 to June 30, 2006
- Deputy Chairman of [Northamber](/source/Northamber) plc until December 17, 2010
- Director of [Edengame](/source/Edengame)
- Director of [Jasmin plc](/source/Jasmin_plc)
- Director of [Ultramind](/source/Ultramind) plc
- Non-Executive Director of [Hand Picked Hotels](/source/Hand_Picked_Hotels) Ltd
- Director on the Advisory Panel of [Inflexion Private Equity Partners](/source/Inflexion_Private_Equity_Partners) LLP
- Chairman of the [European Electronic Messaging Association](/source/European_Electronic_Messaging_Association)
- Non-Executive Director of [Vaccinogen](/source/Vaccinogen) Inc
- Director of [Alternative Networks](/source/Alternative_Networks) plc from April 2001 to May 16, 2012
- Independent Non-Executive Director of [Endeavors plc](/source/Endeavors_plc) (alternate name [Tadpole Technology](/source/Tadpole_Technology) plc) from October 10, 2000 to February 2005.
- Senior independent non-executive director of [Easynet](/source/Easynet) Group plc
- Non-executive director of [Dynamic Commercial Finance](/source/Dynamic_Commercial_Finance) plc
- Non-executive chairman of [Biscuit Internet](/source/Biscuit_Internet) Ltd
- Director of [2020Me Holdings Limited](/source/2020Me_Holdings_Limited)[5]
- Director of [IEQ plc](/source/IEQ_plc)
- Director of [Bibliotech Holdings plc](/source/Bibliotech_Holdings_plc)
- Director of [Computer Monitoring Services Limited](/source/Computer_Monitoring_Services_Limited) 1984

## References

1. ["Search for 100 Peers: Tony Caplin"](http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/01/search-for-1-15.html). *Conservative Home*. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

1. ["Tony Caplin resigns as quango chairman"](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27090737). *BBC News*. 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

1. ["Quango chief bankruptcy: Tony Caplin resigns from Public Works Loans"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/quango-chief-tony-caplin-resigns-following-bankruptcy-revelations-9272027.html). *The Independent*. 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

1. ["Company Overview of William Clowes Ltd"](http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1429212&privcapId=140436&previousCapId=310518&previousTitle=UBM%20PLC). *[Bloomberg Businessweek](/source/Bloomberg_Businessweek)*. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

1. ["Former IEQ directors leave a path of debt in their wake"](http://www.creditman.biz/uk/members/news-view.asp?newsviewID=2312). *Business Credit Management UK*. 10 September 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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