Topic: Economy & Business
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26 February, 2020Liam Halligan
Economic Commentator, Telegraph Newspapers Editor-at-Large, Business New Europe Liam Halligan became a journalist in 1995, when he joined The Economist as a reporter based in Moscow and began writing a column on Russian economics and politics in The Moscow Times. After several years, he returned to the UK and became a Political Correspondent at the […]
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Jon Hammond
Influencing and entertaining audiences for a living was probably a strange choice for someone who has always been shy (and bullied at school) yet in a career spanning 36 years, Jon Hammond trained as an auctioneer, sold soft drinks to major retailers, was a DJ in (and then ran) European nightclubs, hosted his own show […]
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Andrew Haldane
Andrew Haldane is the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). He was formerly Chief Economist at the Bank of England and a member of the Bankās Monetary Policy Committee. He was the Permanent Secretary for Levelling Up at the Cabinet Office from September 2021 to March 2022. Andrew is Founder and President […]
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Lord Tony Hall
Tony Hall – Lord Hall of Birkenhead – was appointed Director-General of the BBC on 22 November 2012. He is the 16th Director-General of the BBC. Prior to this, Tony was Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House from April 2001 until April 2013. He joined the BBC as a news trainee in 1973 and […]
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Sam Gyimah
Born in the UK and educated at state schools in the UK and Ghana, Sam Gyimah was elected MP for East Surrey in 2010. Sam serves as Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. He has previously served as Minister for Prisons and Probation, Minister for Childcare and Education, Minister for the Constitution […]
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Luke Hakes
Luke joined Octopus Ventures in 2008. As well as being a General Partner and heading up the firms āBetter Fasterā strategy he sits across both the Future of Health and Future of Industry Teams, where he works with the rest of the origination team to identify and invest in the next generation of companies that […]
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Daksh Gupta
Daksh has over 25 yearsā experience in the automotive retail sector and joined the Company in 2008 as its Chief Executive Officer. Daksh was previously Group Managing Director for Ridgeway Group and the Chief Operating Officer of Accident Exchange Group PLC in 2007. He was also Franchise Director for Inchcape for seven years where he […]
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Dr Doug Gurr
Doug is Vice President of Amazon based in the UK. His previous roles included teaching mathematics and computing at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, a stint in the civil service, 6 years with consultancy firm McKinsey ending as partner, growing (as founder and CEO) an internet start-up from nothing to Ā£150m turnover in 5 […]
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Kathryn Gutteridge
Kathryn was elected Former President of the RCM in June 2017 and is an established Consultant Midwife with a long history of clinical care in the NHS. She has worked in many diverse settings including neonatal services and community midwifery care. She is currently the Consultant Midwife and Clinical Lead for Low Risk Women at […]
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Loyd Grossman
Loyd Grossman was born in Boston and graduated from Boston University (BA), the London School of Economics (MSc Econ) and Magdalene College, Cambridge (PhD, MPhil). After starting a career in journalism, he was diverted into television where, as a writer, presenter or deviser he was involved in a wide range of programmes including Through the […]