Julian Wheatland

Julian David Wheatland (born 1961) is a British businessman and Conservative Party (UK) politician known for his involvement with the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Julian David Wheatland
BornJuly 1961[1]
Occupation(s)CEO of Cornerstone FS Plc; formerly chairman of SCL Group and CEO of Cambridge Analytica; former director of  Emerdata

He was chairman of SCL Group, a self-described "behavioral research and strategic communication company" and was the last CEO of Cambridge Analytica,[2] having previously been its COO and CFO, Wheatland took over as CEO in April 2018, in order to wind it down and place the company into bankruptcy.[3] He was also CEO of Hatton International, a technology and finance advisory business. He was featured in the Netflix documentary The Great Hack.[4][5] Wheatland was mentioned in Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons as an example of ties between Cambridge Analytica and the Conservative Party (UK); he is a former chairman of the Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association.[6][7][8][9][10] Wheatland was also a director of related firms following the downfall of Cambridge Analytica, including a director of Emerdata, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica prior to its collapse.[11][12]

The Times reported in 2020 that Wheatland was returning to the city as chief executive of Cornerstone FS Plc which acquired FXPress Payment Services Ltd, a foreign exchange and payment services company, in September 2020.[13] In July 2022, Wheatland stepped down from the role.[14]

References
  1. Companies House
  2. Hagey, Rebecca Ballhaus and Keach (April 11, 2018). "Cambridge Analytica CEO Post Goes to Julian Wheatland". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. Perspectives, Julian Wheatland for CNN Business (19 August 2019). "Opinion: I was a top executive at Cambridge Analytica. It taught me a tough lesson about public trust". CNN. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  4. Johnson, Eric (July 31, 2019). "Cambridge Analytica made "ethical mistakes" because it was too focused on regulation, former COO says". Vox.
  5. "The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal". the Guardian. July 20, 2019.
  6. Payne, Adam. "Theresa May dodges question on Conservative Party links to Cambridge Analytica". Business Insider.
  7. "Who is the man set to be Cambridge Analytica's new boss?". April 14, 2018.
  8. Bernal, Natasha (August 7, 2019). "The man that killed Cambridge Analytica: 'We made mistakes, but they aren't what you think'". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  9. Titcomb, James (May 3, 2018). "Cambridge Analytica bosses quietly set up new companies". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  10. "Correction: Julian Wheatland". The Financial Times.
  11. "Cambridge Analytica founders behind new London-based data processing company". thisisoxfordshire.
  12. Pasternack and Jesse Witt, Alex (July 26, 2019). "The strange afterlife of Cambridge Analytica and the mysterious fate of its data". Fast Company.
  13. Howard, Tom. "City return for ex-boss of disgraced firm Cambridge Analytica". The Times..
  14. Willoughby, Tom (2022-07-12). "CEO Julian Wheatland steps down from role". Cornerstone FS. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.