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	==Shale Gas==		==Shale Gas==
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	Butler has cautioned against the “dangerous” hype surrounding shale gas development in the UK and “strongly raised expectations” of some in parliament. He said: “There is a gap of understanding between the industry and senior politicians who are taking the debate ahead of reality.”		Butler has cautioned against the “dangerous” hype surrounding shale gas development in the UK and “strongly raised expectations” of some in parliament. He said: “There is a gap of understanding between the industry and senior politicians who are taking the debate ahead of reality.”

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-[[Image:Butler.jpg|thumb|right|Nick Butler]] Nick Butler is a former BP oil executive who worked for the UK Prime Minister as Senior Policy Adviser at 10 Downing Street from 2009 to 2010. More recently he has acted as an adviser to the [[House of Lords]] enquiry on shale gas.
+[[Image:Butler.jpg|thumb|right|Nick Butler]] Nick Butler is a former BP oil executive who worked for the UK Prime Minister as Senior Policy Adviser at 10 Downing Street from 2009 to 2010.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0008.htm Special Advisers], www.parliament.uk, Hansard 16 July 2009.</ref> More recently he has acted as an adviser to the [[House of Lords]] enquiry on shale gas.
 Butler is currently a visiting professor at [[Kings College London]], energy policy adviser at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] in Cambridge, and a Senior Adviser to [[Coller Capital]], [[Linton Capital]] and [[Corporate Value Associates]].
-He is is a non executive Director of [[Cambridge Econometrics]], a Trustee of [[Asia House]], a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival and a regular contributor to the [[Financial Times]] on energy and power issues. Butler is also a founder of the [[British American Project]],<ref>Andy Beckett, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/06/usa.politics1 Friends in high places]", The Guardian, 6 November 2004, accessed October 2008</ref> and was well connected in New Labour circles.
+Butler is also a founder of the [[British American Project]],<ref>Andy Beckett, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/06/usa.politics1 Friends in high places]", The Guardian, 6 November 2004, accessed October 2008</ref> and was well connected in New Labour circles.
 ==Background==
-:Butler is a member of the Fabian Society, and has been its treasurer since 1982. He is a former chairman of the [[Young Fabians]]. He was a parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party, standing for Lincoln in the 1992 and 1987 general elections. He was Chairman of the [[Centre for European Reform]], which he co-founded with [[David Miliband]] from 1994 to 2009, a member of the President's International Advisory Board at Yale University, and a founder member of British American successor generation project.
+Butler is a member of the [[Fabian Society]], and has been its treasurer since 1982. He was a parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party, standing for Lincoln in the 1992 and 1987 general elections.
-From 2007 to 2009 Buter was Chairman of the [[Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies]].
+He was Chairman of the [[Centre for European Reform]], which he co-founded with [[David Miliband]] from 1994 to 2009, a member of the President's International Advisory Board at [[Yale University]], and a founder member of British American successor generation project.
 ==BP==
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 He was Group Vice President for Policy and Strategy Development from 2002 to 2006.<ref>[http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/research/associates/butlern.html Nick Butler], Cambridge Judge Business School, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref> Butler's departure from BP at the end of 2006 was described by the ''Telegraph'' as a "major setback" for the company's chief executive, [[Lord Browne]].<ref>Katherine Griffiths, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2948939/Browne-aide-quits-sparking-Blair-talk.html Browne aide quits sparking Blair talk], telegraph.co.uk, 14 October 2006.</ref>
 ==Fabians==
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 ==Other activities==
-In April 2007, Butler was appointed the Director of the [[Centre for Energy Studies]] at Cambridge's Judge Business School.<ref>[http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/press_releases/2007/070420_cces.html Press Release], Cambridge Judge Business School, 20 April 2007.</ref> He is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in Washington DC (where BAP is based).<ref>[http://www.gbf.com/gbf/speakers.asp?ConfNo=1016&SpeakerNo=115 Nick Butler], German-British Forum, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref>
+In April 2007, Butler was appointed Director of the [[Centre for Energy Studies]] at Cambridge's Judge Business School,<ref>[http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/press_releases/2007/070420_cces.html Press Release], Cambridge Judge Business School, 20 April 2007.</ref> a position he held until 2009 when he joined Number 10.
-An article in the Daily Telegraph about Butler's quitting BP in 2006 describes him as “a key conduit between the oil giant and Downing Street”<ref>Katherine Griffiths, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2948939/Browne-aide-quits-sparking-Blair-talk.html Browne aide quits sparking Blair talk]", 14 October 2006, accessed October 2008</ref>. The article adds that Butler's reputation has become "strained" by “leaks about conflict with BP's chairman, [[Peter Sutherland]]” and that he is “close to [[Jonathan Powell]]”, Tony Blair's then chief of staff. The Times rumoured that he was "used in a plot to oust a sitting MP" so that [[Ed Balls]], the right-hand man of the then chancellor Gordon Brown, "could be assured of the nomination" for a safe Labour seat in Parliament.<ref>"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1752295.ece 'Plot' hands safe seat to Brownite]", The Times, 6 May 2007, accessed October 2008</ref>
+Butler is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in Washington DC (where BAP is based).<ref>[http://www.gbf.com/gbf/speakers.asp?ConfNo=1016&SpeakerNo=115 Nick Butler], German-British Forum, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref>
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 ==Other activities==
-In April 2007, Butler was appointed the Director of the [[Centre for Energy Studies]] at Cambridge's Judge Business School.<ref>[http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/press_releases/2007/070420_cces.html Press Release], Cambridge Judge Business School, 20 April 2007.</ref> He is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University]] in Washington DC (where BAP is based).<ref>[http://www.gbf.com/gbf/speakers.asp?ConfNo=1016&SpeakerNo=115 Nick Butler], German-British Forum, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref>
+In April 2007, Butler was appointed the Director of the [[Centre for Energy Studies]] at Cambridge's Judge Business School.<ref>[http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/press_releases/2007/070420_cces.html Press Release], Cambridge Judge Business School, 20 April 2007.</ref> He is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in Washington DC (where BAP is based).<ref>[http://www.gbf.com/gbf/speakers.asp?ConfNo=1016&SpeakerNo=115 Nick Butler], German-British Forum, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref>
 An article in the Daily Telegraph about Butler's quitting BP in 2006 describes him as “a key conduit between the oil giant and Downing Street”<ref>Katherine Griffiths, "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2948939/Browne-aide-quits-sparking-Blair-talk.html Browne aide quits sparking Blair talk]", 14 October 2006, accessed October 2008</ref>. The article adds that Butler's reputation has become "strained" by “leaks about conflict with BP's chairman, [[Peter Sutherland]]” and that he is “close to [[Jonathan Powell]]”, Tony Blair's then chief of staff. The Times rumoured that he was "used in a plot to oust a sitting MP" so that [[Ed Balls]], the right-hand man of the then chancellor Gordon Brown, "could be assured of the nomination" for a safe Labour seat in Parliament.<ref>"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1752295.ece 'Plot' hands safe seat to Brownite]", The Times, 6 May 2007, accessed October 2008</ref>

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 He is is a non executive Director of [[Cambridge Econometrics]], a Trustee of [[Asia House]], a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival and a regular contributor to the [[Financial Times]] on energy and power issues. Butler is also a founder of the [[British American Project]],<ref>Andy Beckett, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/06/usa.politics1 Friends in high places]", The Guardian, 6 November 2004, accessed October 2008</ref> and was well connected in New Labour circles.
 ==Background==
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 The then Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] listed Butler as one of his special advisers in a parliamentary answer on 16 July 2009.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0008.htm Special Advisers], www.parliament.uk, Hansard 16 July 2009.</ref>
 ==Affiliations==
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 ==Publications==
-*European Universities – Renaissance or Decay (with Richard Lambert) Centre for European Reform, 2006
+*European Universities – Renaissance or Decay (with Richard Lambert), Centre for European Reform, 2006
 *The International Grain Trade: problems and prospects, Croom Helm commodity series, Croom Helm, London 1986
 *The IMF: Time for Reform, Fabian Society, London 1982

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	Butler is currently a visiting professor at [[Kings College London]], energy policy adviser at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] in Cambridge, and a Senior Adviser to [[Coller Capital]], [[Linton Capital]] and [[Corporate Value Associates]].		Butler is currently a visiting professor at [[Kings College London]], energy policy adviser at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] in Cambridge, and a Senior Adviser to [[Coller Capital]], [[Linton Capital]] and [[Corporate Value Associates]].

−	He is is a non executive Director of [[Cambridge Econometrics]], a Trustee of [[Asia House]], a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival and a regular contributor to the [[Financial Times]]. Butler is also a founder of the [[British American Project]],<ref>Andy Beckett, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/06/usa.politics1 Friends in high places]", The Guardian, 6 November 2004, accessed October 2008</ref> and was well connected in New Labour circles.	+	He is is a non executive Director of [[Cambridge Econometrics]], a Trustee of [[Asia House]], a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival and a regular contributor to the [[Financial Times]] on energy and power issues. Butler is also a founder of the [[British American Project]],<ref>Andy Beckett, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/06/usa.politics1 Friends in high places]", The Guardian, 6 November 2004, accessed October 2008</ref> and was well connected in New Labour circles.

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-[[Image:Butler.jpg|thumb|right|Nick Butler]] Nick Butler is a former BP oil executive and government adviser.
+[[Image:Butler.jpg|thumb|right|Nick Butler]] Nick Butler is a former BP oil executive who worked for the UK Prime Minister as Senior Policy Adviser at 10 Downing Street from 2009 to 2010.
-He worked for UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] as Senior Policy Adviser at 10 Downing Street from 2009 to 2010 and most recently was an adviser on its shale gas enquiry.
+Butler is currently a visiting professor at [[Kings College London]] and energy policy adviser at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] in Cambridge, and a Senior Adviser to [[Coller Capital]], [[Linton Capital]] and [[Corporate Value Associates]].  From 2007 to 2009 he was Chairman of the Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies.  He is is a non executive Director of [[Cambridge Econometrics]], a Trustee of [[Asia House]], and a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival. He is a regular contributor to the [[Financial Times]]. He is a founder of the [[British American Project]],<ref>Andy Beckett, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/06/usa.politics1 Friends in high places]", The Guardian, 6 November 2004, accessed October 2008</ref> and was considered well connected in New Labour circles.
-Butler is a visiting professor at [[Kings College London]] and energy policy adviser at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] in Cambridge, and a Senior Adviser to [[Coller Capital]], [[Linton Capital]] and [[Corporate Value Associates]].  From 2007 to 2009 he was Chairman of the Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies.  He is is a non executive Director of [[Cambridge Econometrics]], a Trustee of [[Asia House]], and a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival. He is a regular contributor to the [[Financial Times]].
+Recently was an adviser on its shale gas enquiry.
 ==Background==

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 *[[Fabian Society]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.fabians.org.uk/executive-committee-mainmenu-64/executive-committee/nick-butler Nick Butler], Fabian Society, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref>
 *[[Hay Literary Festival]], Vice-President.<ref>[http://www.hayfestival.com/portal/council.aspx?skinid=1&currencysetting=GBP&localesetting=en-GB&resetfilters=true Directors & Council], hayfestival.com, accessed 26 July 2010.</ref>
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