Issue link: https://maltatoday.uberflip.com/i/975483
maltatoday SUNDAY 29 APRIL 2018 2 News WHO IS ROBERT BAKER? Company director linked to Azerbaijan oligarchs has numerous Malta directorships ARGYLE HOLDINGS LIMITED KIMBERLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED HERITAGE ASSET HOLDINGS ARGYLE HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS HERETI ASSET INVESTMENT KIMBERLEY PROPERTY BETA ARGYLE BUNDESLAND HOLDINGS KIMBERLEY PROPERTY HOLDINGS ARGYLE RETAIL HOLDINGS HERITAGE COLLECTION SA [LUXEMBOURG] HERITAGE COLLECTION [FRANCE] HAWK ASIA HOLDINGS [NEW ZEALAND] WOLVERINE ASIA HOLDINGS [NEW ZEALAND] TRAKIA ALPHA LIMITED [BULGARIA] 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 100% 50% 50% 50% THRACIAN ASSET HOLDINGS THRACIAN INVESTMENT LIMITED 100% ownership of all subsidiaries 100% SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDER 100% 100% According to The Daphne Project, brothers Tale and Nijat Heydarov own three French artisanal businesses through Heritage Collection in France: a maker of china plates in Limoges, another producing cartoon character figurines, and a supplier of bed linen, D Porthault ANDALUSIA HOLDINGS [GUERNSEY] ANDALUSIA PROPERTY ALPHA ANDALUSIA PROPERTY BETA ANDALUSIA PROPERTY GAMMA Robert Baker, an Australian who lives in the UK, was identified by The Daphne Project as being linked to several companies whose ultimate beneficial owners are the sons of Azerbaijani minister for emergency situations Kamaleddin Heydarov. But he also set up numerous companies in Malta as director, the bulk of which are subsidiaries of New Zealand companies, whose ownership is hidden behind nominees 100% 100% 100% KASPIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS [DUBAI] NSM NOMINEES LIMITED [GUERNSEY] LIGHTHOUSE INTERNA- TIONAL VENTURE [BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS] ANDALUSIA HOLDINGS LIMITED LIGHTHOUSE INVESTMENT LIMITED KASPIA ADRIATIC HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS 100% 100% 100% Tale and Nijat Heydarov, sons of Azerbaijan minister Kamaleddin Heydarov, have been linked to the New Zealand companies and the French company Heritage Collection Robert Baker is a director in all the companies in white boxes, which are all tax-registered in Malta INFOGRAPHIC YANNICK PACE WHITE BOXES INDICATE THAT COMPANY WAS REGISTERED IN MALTA