The UK: A Springboard for Global Growth
British Swiss Chamber of Commerce
Luncheon in Zurich
Wednesday 23rd January 2008
Zunfthaus zur Meisen, Münsterhof 20, 8001 Zurich
12.00 Aperitifs, 12.30 Luncheon
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Guest of honour and speaker will be:
Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, KT
Minister of State for Trade and Investment
“The UK: A Springboard for Global Growth"
Kindly sponsored by BA and Scottish Development International
Minister of State for Trade and Investment
“The UK: A Springboard for Global Growth"
Kindly sponsored by BA and Scottish Development International
Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham was appointed Minister for Trade and Investment at the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform on 29 June 2007. He served as Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK’s ‘Voice of Business’, from 2000 to 2006, where he regularly visited businesses in the UK and worldwide – taking their views back to those who make the rules.
After some time in the Royal Navy he joined Birmingham law firm Edge and Ellison in 1978, making Partner in 1984, Deputy Joint Partner in 1990 and Senior Partner in 1995. He was involved in most of the MBO and M&A activity in the West Midlands in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1998 Digby joined KPMG as Vice Chairman of Corporate Finance, acting as close adviser to many public companies across the United Kingdom and in KPMG’s global markets.
Digby is a Corporate Ambassador for the Cancer Research UK Corporate Ambassadors. He is also a Fellow of UNICEF. He is President of the Diversity Works initiative - a programme led by the disability organisation Scope, a Diamond Ambassador for Mencap’s WorkRight initiative, designed to spread the message of equality for disabled people, a Vice-President of Birmingham Hospice, and a Patron of Lifecycle UK.
After some time in the Royal Navy he joined Birmingham law firm Edge and Ellison in 1978, making Partner in 1984, Deputy Joint Partner in 1990 and Senior Partner in 1995. He was involved in most of the MBO and M&A activity in the West Midlands in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1998 Digby joined KPMG as Vice Chairman of Corporate Finance, acting as close adviser to many public companies across the United Kingdom and in KPMG’s global markets.
Digby is a Corporate Ambassador for the Cancer Research UK Corporate Ambassadors. He is also a Fellow of UNICEF. He is President of the Diversity Works initiative - a programme led by the disability organisation Scope, a Diamond Ambassador for Mencap’s WorkRight initiative, designed to spread the message of equality for disabled people, a Vice-President of Birmingham Hospice, and a Patron of Lifecycle UK.
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