Michael Levy, Baron Levy

Michael Abraham Levy, Baron Levy of Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet ( born July 11, 1944 in London ) is a British managers, entrepreneurs, official Jewish organizations and Labour Party politician, who since 1997 as a life peer member of the House of Lords.

Life

Managers, entrepreneurs and official Jewish organization

After attending school and studying Levy, 1966 Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales was, from 1966 to 1973 worked as a chartered accountant and then founded the record and music company Magnet Records which it has ownership until its sale to Warner Bros. 1988 remained. In this music label released artists such as Alvin Stardust, Chris Rea and the group Bad Manners.

During this time, he was from 1979 to 1984 Vice - Chairman of Music License society Phonographic Performance Limited and subsequently to 1987, Vice - Chairman of the Federation of Enterprises in British Phonographic Industry Ltd..

Next to it, a native of a Jewish family Levy committed from 1982 to 1985 as chairman of the national campaign of the Joint Israel Appeal. In addition, he served from 1990 to 1995 as a British representative on the Board of the Jewish Agency, and between 1991 and 1995 as a member of the Board of the Palestine Relief Fund, Keren Hayesod. Between 1990 and 1995 he was a member of the Board of the Jewish free schools. At the same time, he served from 1991 to 1995 as chairman of the aliyah youth committee with the Board of the Jewish Agency and 1992-2007 as head of the Committee for the Award for Excellence of the Chief Rabbi of London. Since 1995 he is also a member of the World Commission on relations between Israel and the Diaspora.

In the 1990s, he was still active in the music and entertainment industry and is an advisor to many international companies since 1998. Furthermore, he is since 1993 Chairman of the Foundation for Education and since 1995 Chairman of the Community Foundation of Jewish Care In addition, he was from 1994 to 2000 Honorary Vice President of the United Jt Israel Appeal ( UJIA ) and since 1995 has been the patron of the British Music Industry Trust. Furthermore, Levy was 1994-2006 Vice - Chairman of the Central Council for Jewish Social Services.

House of Lords member and other honorary posts

By Letters Patent dated 23 September 1997 Levy was raised in the London Borough of Barnet to the peerage as a life peer with the title Baron Levy of Mill Hill. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house he belongs to the Group of the Labour Party. In the following years he was between 1998 and 2007 Personal negotiator of Prime Minister Tony Blair as well as its consultant on Middle East policy.

After he was chairman from 1992 to 1997, he acts since 1998 as president of the Jewish charity Jewish Care and has since also President of Community Service Volunteers ( CSV), the UK's largest charity for volunteering. Between 1997 and 2006 he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Foreign Policy Centre and from 1997 to 2009, member of the Board of the Shimon Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv- Jaffa. He is since 1997 the patron of the charitable foundation against prostate cancer and, since 1998, the Educational Foundation of the Labour parliamentary group Friends of Israel between 1998 and 2007 and was also a trustee of the Holocaust Educational Trust. In addition, he serves since 1998 as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations ( National Council for Voluntary Organisations) and since 2000 as a member of the Honorary Council of the Association of Israel, the UK and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Furthermore, Lord Levy is since 2000 Honorary President of UJIA and, since 2001, President of the Jewish free schools. Between 2000 and 2007 he was also Chairman of the Trustees of the think tank New Politics Network and 2001-2002 Member of the Executive Committee of the non-profit organization Chai Lifeline. In addition, he was from 2002 to 2007 Member of Donation Committee of the Labour Party.

In addition, he served from 2004 to 2005 as chairman of the sponsor Academies Trust and between 2005 and 2008 as president of the Foundation for Special Schools and Academies and since 2006 has been president of the Jewish boys 'and girls' brigade. Between 2008 and 2011 he was Chairman of the International Standard Asset Management ( ISAM ) and at the same time from 2010 to 2011 vice-president of the Jewish leadership council.

In addition, since 2000, he serves as patron of the Save a Child's Heart Foundation and since 2002 also as a patron of the Simon Marks Foundation for Jewish elementary schools as well as honorary patron of the Jewish society of the University of Cambridge.

Honors and Awards

Levy, of the B'nai B'rith Award received in 1994, was honored in 1998 with the Scopus Award of the Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1999 and received an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University. In 2003, he was finally awarded the Special Prize of the Israel Policy Forum in New York City.

Publications

• A Question of Honour (2008)