- Richard Lambert
Richard Peter Lambert (born
23 September 1944 , northBuckinghamshire ) is Director-General of the CBI, and the present Chancellor of theUniversity of Warwick .Early life
He grew up in
Manchester , attending a local grammar school, before going at the age of 13 to the independentFettes College [ [http://www.fettes.com/Prospective/senior/history_distinguished.htm Distinguished Pupils] ] atEdinburgh andBalliol College, Oxford , [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4837538.stm Profile: Richard Lambert] ] where he studiedHistory .Business career
He joined the FT in 1966, editing the "
Lex Column " in the paper in the 1970s.He became Financial Editor in 1979. From 1982-3, he was the paper's New York correspondent. He was editor of theFinancial Times from 1991 until 2001. From 1997-8, he lived in New York (again) whilst remaining editor, where he set up a US version of the paper, to challenge theWall Street Journal .From June 2003 until March 2006 he was one of the nine members of the
Monetary Policy Committee of theBank of England , which sets theinterest rate forsterling , the currency of theUnited Kingdom . He became Director-General of theConfederation of British Industry on1 July 2006 . He has written Government reports on BBC News 24 and the relationship between higher education and business. [The final report from the [http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/9/0/lambert_review_final_450.pdf Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration] , December 2003]Honours
He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the
University of York in 2007. [ [http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/pressreleases/hongradsjuly07.htm University honours nine] ] He has other honorary degrees fromCity University , theUniversity of Warwick andBrighton University .He was appointed Chancellor of the
University of Warwick on19 March 2008 and has formally taken up the position on1 August 2008 . [ [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/intnews2/new_chancellor_appointed/ New Chancellor Appointed ] ]Personal life
He married Harriet Murray-Browne and has two children.
External links
* [http://www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs/content.nsf/802737aed3e3420580256706005390ae/cbe0d5722345b4278025672b0036dc64?OpenDocument CBI biography]
References
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