Boris Johnson’s independent adviser on ministerial interests is under pressure over his own financial dealings, with academics calling for him to step aside from his role as chair of a London university.
Christopher Geidt, who is chair of the council of King’s College London (KCL), is facing scrutiny from the University and College Union (UCU) over his job as chair of a board of the investment firm Schroders, and his advisory role at BAE Systems until April this year.
The UCU has also demanded clarification over a trip to Oman to the privy council of its former dictator Sultan Qaboos bin Said, as revealed by the diaries of the former Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan.
Lord Geidt, a former private secretary to the Queen, was appointed as
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