Richard Lambert
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Richard Peter Lambert (born 23 September 1944, north Buckinghamshire) is Director-General of the CBI.
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[edit] Early life
He grew up in Manchester, attanding a local grammar school, before going at the age of 13 to the independent Fettes College[1] at Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford,[2] where he studied History.
[edit] Business career
He joined the FT in 1966, editing the Lex Coluumn 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 the Financial Times from 1991 until 2001.[2] From 1997-8, he lived in New York (again) whilst remaining editor, where he set up a US version of the paper, to challenge the Wall Street Journal.
From June 2003 until March 2006 he was one of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, which sets the interest rate for sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom.[2] He became Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry on 1 July 2006.[2] He has written Government reports on BBC News 24[2] and the relationship between higher education and business.[3]
[edit] Honours
He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of York in 2007.[4] He has other honorary degrees from City University, the University of Warwick and Brighton University.
He was appointed Chancellor of the University of Warwick on 19 March 2008 and will formally take up the position on 1 August 2008. [5]
[edit] Personal life
He married Harriet Murray-Browne and has two children.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Distinguished Pupils
- ^ a b c d e Profile: Richard Lambert
- ^ The final report from the Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration, December 2003
- ^ University honours nine
- ^ New Chancellor Appointed
| Media offices | ||
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| Preceded by Geoffrey Owen |
Editor of The Financial Times 1991 - 2001 |
Succeeded by Andrew Gowers |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Digby Jones |
Director of the Confederation of British Industry 2006 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Governor: Sir Edward George (June 1997–June 2003) | ||
| June 2003: | George | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell | Large | Lambert | |
| Governor: Mervyn King (June 2003–present) | ||
| July 2003-June 2005: | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell | Large | Lambert | Lomax | |
| July 2005-January 2006: | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Large | Lambert | Lomax | Walton | |
| February 2006-March 2006: | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Lambert | Lomax | Walton | Gieve | |
