 He re-emerged in 1945, and by 1947 was living in style in a luxury Park Lane apartment where he entertained members of the business community on a lavish scale.He operated as a business agent, making large claims to the business world that he could advance their interests through his contacts with senior government officials and ministers, and had sufficient plausibility to be taken seriously by leading businessmen.Stanley had been introduced to Belcher by George Gibson, a respected trade unionist who had recently been appointed as a director of the Bank of England.