Event date:
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 08:00 - 09:15
Richard Lambert, the CBI's Director General, will be give his analysis of the current business environment in the UK, and an update on the key policy areas in which the CBI is active in lobbying government, in the UK and internationally.
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The Road to Recovery?
A unique perspective from the head of the UK's premier business lobby group
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Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI
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The CBI is the premier lobbying organisation for UK business on national and international issues. They work with the UK government, international legislators and policy-makers to help UK businesses compete effectively.
Richard Lambert, the CBI's Director General, will be give his analysis of the current business environment in the UK, and the issues directly affecting the ability of businesses to operate both in the UK and abroad. He will give an update on the key policy areas in which the CBI is active in lobbying government, in the UK and internationally, and give an outlook for any issues which will affect and challenge businesses in the near future.
Having studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, Richard joined the Financial Times in 1966. He edited the Lex column in the 1970s, becoming financial editor in 1979. In 1982 he moved to New York as the bureau chief, returning to the UK a year later as deputy editor. He became editor of the Financial Times in 1991 and during his 10 years in this role launched the US version of the newspaper.
In August 2002 Richard spent a semester at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In 2003 he was asked by the chancellor to write the Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration.
A member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from Spring 2003 until Spring 2006, Richard took up the post of director-general of the CBI in July 2006.
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Friday, 11 September, 2009
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Harcourt Suite, 1/F, The Hong Kong Club
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