UAE: Blair associate reorganises with new Dubai operation

Key associates have been restructuring their operations following former British prime minister Tony Blair’s decision, announced in September, to reduce his controversial business dealings through Tony Blair Associates (TBA) and his other Firerush and Windrush companies – allowing him to focus on his African governance initiative and a belated attempt to project political influence in the UK following the ‘Brexit’ vote. TBA’s Abu Dhabi-based regional head for the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe (from June 2012 to October 2016), Austrian lawyer and former McKinsey & Company consultant Dr Andreas Baumgartner, has re-emerged as managing director of a Dubai-based firm StrategyImpactReputation (StIR).