Sir James Spooner

Sir James Spooner is the honorary treasurer of the UK climate science denying think tank the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Spooner is also a former chairman of Barclays Bank and Sainsbury’s supermarket. He was also once the chairman of the Royal Opera and is a chairman of the Prince’s Trust – a charity founded by Prince Charles to help young people get jobs, education and training. In 2011, the Guardian revealed Sir James Spooner as a GWPF funder following the think tank publishing its annual accounts listing Spooner as the honorary treasurer.