Gina Coladangelo

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Gina Coladangelo
Born
Gina Coladangelo

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Other namesGina Tress
Alma mater Oriel College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Businesswoman
Lobbyist
Political aide (former)
Spouses
  • Glynn Gibb
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    ​
    (m. 2004,divorced)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 2009;sep. 2021)​
Partner Matt Hancock (2021–present)
Children3
Relatives Bob Wilson (great uncle)

Gina Coladangelo is a British businesswoman, lobbyist, and a former non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care. Images of Coladangelo and then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock kissing and embracing, at a time when social distancing restrictions were in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, led to Hancock's resignation as Health Secretary in June 2021.

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Early life and family

Coladangelo was born in Hitchin Maternity Hospital, Hertfordshire. [1] [2] Her father, Rino C. Coladangelo, is a businessman. Her mother is Heather Burtt. [3] Her father came to the UK when he was aged 5, to Bedfordshire. [4]

Gina Coladangelo studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University from 1995 to 1998, and obtained a Master's degree from Oriel College. [5] [6] She worked as a newsreader at the student radio station, Oxygen 107.9 FM, where Matt Hancock was a sports reporter. [7] [5] [8]

Her brother, Roberto Coladangelo, is a director of Partnering Health Limited (PHL), which won a £28m NHS contract, and although there is "no suggestion of any wrongdoing" on the part of PHL, "Hancock was found to have breached the Ministerial Code by failing to declare a stake in a family company that won an NHS contract." [9]

Career

Coladangelo worked as a senior account manager in the campaigns division at Munro and Forster Communications before moving to the public relations and lobbying firm Luther Pendragon in 2002. [10] [11] She was promoted to partner in April 2005. [11] With three other partners (Simon Whale, Amy Kroviak and Daniel Guthrie), she led a management buyout of the firm in December 2005 with the help of a £2,000,000 investment from Octopus Asset Management, a private equity firm. [11] She therefore become a director and shareholder. [10] [11] She ceased to be employed by Luther Pendragon in 2014 and resigned as a director in 2017, though as of 2021 remains a shareholder. [10] As of late June 2021, she had been the marketing and communications director since 2014 at the Oliver Bonas retail chain, which was founded by her husband Oliver Tress. [12]

In June 2019 she received a parliamentary pass as a member of Hancock's staff. [13] In March 2020 she was given a part-time role as a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). [14] She was paid £15,000, equivalent to £1,000 a day, for her directorship on a six-month contract, although there was no public record of the appointment. As an aide to Hancock, she accompanied him to confidential meetings with civil servants. [15] [16] [17] [18] In June 2021, it was reported that she resigned after her affair with Hancock was exposed. [19]

Personal life

Coladangelo is the great-niece of former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson, [20] and married Glynn Gibb, a London property lawyer, in 2004. [21]

In 2009, [22] she married Oliver Tress, the owner of Oliver Bonas, with whom she has three children. [23] In 2015, they moved from Clapham Junction in London to a five-bedroom house in Wandsworth in London, with a live-in nanny. [23] [5]

Matt Hancock

Coladangelo and Matt Hancock have been friends since studying together at Oxford University in the 1990s. [5] On 6 May 2021, Coladangelo was pictured kissing and in an embrace with Hancock, who at the time was serving as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. [7] On 25 June 2021 The Sun published closed-circuit television footage of the encounter, which occurred at a time when social distancing restrictions were in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [24] [7] The Sun also said the pair were having an extramarital affair. [7] Following the affair being made public, Coladangelo resigned from her position at the DHSC [25] and it was reported that Coladangelo and Hancock separated from their spouses to move in together. [26] [27] [28]

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