The Whitehall & Industry Group

The Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG) is a non-profit lobbying firm that describes itself as building "understanding and co-operation between government and business."

WIG describes its activities as "people exchange opportunities, events & networks and leadership programmes, all designed to help our member organisations build practical understanding of, and co-operation" between industry and government.

In late 2004, WIG coordinated the recruitment of a "Head of Marketing" for the UK National Identity Cards Scheme, with candidates for the position being invited to "complete the electronic application form available on the WIG website."

Board members
As of January 2009, WIG's board members were:


 * Chairman: Miller McLean, Group Secretary and General Counsel, Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
 * Ursula Brennan, Chief Executive, Office for Crimal Justice Reform
 * Bob Coxon, Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group
 * James Close, Partner, Government Services, Ernst & Young
 * Patrick Kerr, Director, Corporate Communications Reed Elsevier Group plc
 * Shirley Pointer, Director of HR, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
 * Mark Sanders, Chief Executive, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
 * Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, The Information Commissioner's Office
 * Rosa Wilkinson, Director of Public Policy & Regulation, Lloyds TSB

Former board members include:


 * John Barker CB, Director, Corporate Development Group, Cabinet Office
 * David Scott, HR Director, first Group
 * Michael Sibbald, HR Director, Argos Retail Group

Patrons
As of January 2009, WIG's patrons were:


 * Paul Coen, Chief Executive, Local Government Association
 * Richard Lambert, Director General, Confederation of British Industry
 * Sir Tom McKillop, Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
 * Sir Gus O'Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service

Former patrons include:


 * Lord Browne of Madingley, Group Chief Executive, BP

Private sector members
As of January 2009, WIG's private sector members were:


 * 3M
 * Abbey
 * Accenture
 * Amey plc
 * Anglo American
 * AstraZeneca
 * Atos Origin
 * Avail
 * BAE SYSTEMS
 * Balfour Beatty
 * Barclays
 * BDO Stoy Hayward LLP
 * Bevan Brittan
 * BP
 * British American Tobacco
 * BT Group
 * BT Government
 * BUPA
 * Camelot
 * Capita Group
 * Centrica
 * Clifford Chance
 * Deloitte
 * Denton Wilde Sapte
 * DHL
 * EDS
 * E.ON UK
 * Ernst & Young
 * Eversheds
 * ExxonMobil
 * Federation of Small Businesses
 * Field Fisher Waterhouse
 * Freshfields
 * Fujitsu Services
 * G4S plc
 * Gemserv
 * GlaxoSmithKline
 * Global Crossing
 * Hay Group
 * HBoS
 * HSBC Holdings
 * Hunton & Williams
 * Hutchison Whampoa Europe
 * Hyder Consulting
 * IBM
 * Johnson Matthey
 * Kingfisher
 * Kingsley Napley
 * KPMG
 * Laird Group
 * Linklaters
 * Liverpool Direct
 * Lloyds TSB Group
 * Logica
 * The Maersk Company
 * Marks & Spencer
 * Microsoft
 * MND Exploration & Production
 * National Grid
 * Nationwide Building Society
 * Northgate Information Solutions
 * Oracle
 * PricewaterhouseCoopers
 * Procter & Gamble
 * Prudential
 * QinetiQ
 * Reed Elsevier
 * Reliance Security Group
 * Rio Tinto
 * Rok plc
 * Rolls-Royce
 * The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
 * Royal Mail
 * RWE Npower
 * SAP (UK & Ireland)
 * Serco Group
 * Siemens
 * Skandia UK
 * Smith & Nephew
 * Standard Life
 * SunGard
 * Steria
 * Total
 * Towers Perrin
 * United Utilities
 * VEGA Group
 * Vertex
 * Wragge & Co
 * Zurich Financial Services

Former private members include:


 * AON Group
 * Atkins
 * BT Retail
 * ConocoPhillips
 * Control Risks Group
 * Costain
 * GUS
 * Hedra
 * Nirex
 * Norwich Union Life
 * 02 Airwave
 * SAS
 * SAIC
 * UBS
 * Unilever
 * Xansa

Contact details
From their website:

The Whitehall & Industry Group 22 Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AA Tel: +44 20 7222 1166 Fax: +44 20 7222 1167 Email: info AT wig.co.uk Website: http://www.wig.co.uk/

Related SourceWatch articles

 * UK National Identity Cards Scheme

External resources

 * Job advertisement: "ID Cards - Head of Marketing, Communities Group Directorate - Home Office". Undated, accessed 22 November, 2004.
 * Steve Farrar, "Widen your horizons to blossom: Secondments can boost careers by getting talented staff out of their niches and teaching them valuable new skills," The Sunday Times (UK), May 25, 2008.