author and journalist; Consultant, International Conflict Resolution, 1990–2006; writer and political and corporate adviser; various electronics directorships, since 1977
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OBE 1979
Chairman, Fulcrum Asset Management; Principal, KKR Prisma (formerly Prisma Capital Partners), since 2005
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PC 2004
Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Welsh Parliament (formerly National Assembly for Wales), since 2007 (Plaid Cymru, 2007–16, Ind, since 2016) (Member (Plaid Cymru) Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, 1999–2007); Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, since 2018
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MP (C) Lichfield, since 1997 (Mid-Staffordshire, 1992–97)
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DBE 2019
Director-General, Confederation of British Industry, 2015–20
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Chairman, Frontier Economics, 1999–2013; Lead Independent Director, HM Treasury, 2011–17
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Hon. KCMG 1995; Bronze Star (US)
Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc., since 1982; Counselor to Center for Strategic and International Studies, since 1977 and Trustee, since 1987
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Trustee (formerly Director), Action for a Global Climate Community, since 2008 (Chairman, 2003–08)
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President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University, 1994–2001; a Conservative Party Whip, House of Lords, 2011–16
