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*A career Foreign Office official, he spent 'eight years a career diplomat, serving in Lagos, the British Mission to the United Nations, and in the Foreign Office.'<ref name="MP">Club of Three [http://web.archive.org/web/20070703062655/http://www.clubofthree.com/club-of-three/consultants.html#Michael Michael Maclay], Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 3 July 2007, accessed 30 March 2009</ref> | *A career Foreign Office official, he spent 'eight years a career diplomat, serving in Lagos, the British Mission to the United Nations, and in the Foreign Office.'<ref name="MP">Club of Three [http://web.archive.org/web/20070703062655/http://www.clubofthree.com/club-of-three/consultants.html#Michael Michael Maclay], Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 3 July 2007, accessed 30 March 2009</ref> | ||
*He left the diplomatic service for a media career, spending eight years in the media,<ref name="MP"/> first at LWT and then, with [[David Lipsey]], as a founding figure of the [[Sunday Correspondent]]. After that paper's collapse Maclay was rapidly recruited to [[Robert Maxwell]]'s new newspaper venture, [[The European]]. | *He left the diplomatic service for a media career, spending eight years in the media,<ref name="MP"/> first at LWT and then, with [[David Lipsey]], as a founding figure of the [[Sunday Correspondent]]. After that paper's collapse Maclay was rapidly recruited to [[Robert Maxwell]]'s new newspaper venture, [[The European]]. | ||
| − | *Returning to the Foreign Office, he was then Special Adviser to [[Douglas Hurd]] as Foreign Secretary, dealing mainly with the politics of the European Union and the Balkans.<ref> [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/appointments-1482603.html Appointments in 1993] ''The Independent'', Published 3 July 1993, Accessed 23 September 2014 <ref | + | *Returning to the Foreign Office, he was then Special Adviser to [[Douglas Hurd]] as Foreign Secretary, dealing mainly with the politics of the European Union and the Balkans.<ref> [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/appointments-1482603.html Appointments in 1993] ''The Independent'', Published 3 July 1993, Accessed 23 September 2014 </ref> |
*After signature of the Dayton Agreement he joined [[Carl Bildt]] the Swedish Conservative, High Representative for Bosnia, as his Special Adviser and Chief Spokesman.<ref name="MP"/> | *After signature of the Dayton Agreement he joined [[Carl Bildt]] the Swedish Conservative, High Representative for Bosnia, as his Special Adviser and Chief Spokesman.<ref name="MP"/> | ||
*'Educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Freiburg, he has been a diplomat, a journalist and a senior political adviser'<ref>http://www.gbf.com/gbf/p5.asp</ref> | *'Educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Freiburg, he has been a diplomat, a journalist and a senior political adviser'<ref>http://www.gbf.com/gbf/p5.asp</ref> | ||
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Contents
Career
- As has been noted in Private Eye, Maclay, worked on Weekend World at London Weekend Television (LWT) under John Birt and Peter Mandelson.[1]
- A career Foreign Office official, he spent 'eight years a career diplomat, serving in Lagos, the British Mission to the United Nations, and in the Foreign Office.'[2]
- He left the diplomatic service for a media career, spending eight years in the media,[2] first at LWT and then, with David Lipsey, as a founding figure of the Sunday Correspondent. After that paper's collapse Maclay was rapidly recruited to Robert Maxwell's new newspaper venture, The European.
- Returning to the Foreign Office, he was then Special Adviser to Douglas Hurd as Foreign Secretary, dealing mainly with the politics of the European Union and the Balkans.[3]
- After signature of the Dayton Agreement he joined Carl Bildt the Swedish Conservative, High Representative for Bosnia, as his Special Adviser and Chief Spokesman.[2]
- 'Educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Freiburg, he has been a diplomat, a journalist and a senior political adviser'[4]
- McLay was also an early member of BAP and was director of Hakluyt: the strategic intelligence firm, many of whose directors were formerly senior figures in MI6.[5] between 1 Jan 1998-30 Jun 2002.
- He joined the Citizenship Foundation, a British charity which encourages active and effective citizenship, became chairman in 2000 and retired from the board in 2013 [6]
- He is on the Advisory Board of the British American Project.'[6]
- He is Senior Adviser to the Franco-British-German Club of Three[6], Maclay 'has been closely involved with the Club of Three since helping Lord Weidenfeld to set it up in 1995/6.'[2]
Affiliations
- Citizenship Foundation, a Trustee of the Citizenship Foundation since 1993, and took over the Chair from Andrew Phillips in 2000[7]
- He is now Executive Chairman of the strategic consultancy Montrose Associates - which has links with his former colleagues [[Douglas Hurd] and Carl Bildt [8]
- Senior Adviser to the Franco-British-German Club of Three,
- A member of the Advisory Board of the British American Project.
- Former Director of Hakluyt
Publications
His publications include Multi-Speed Europe (Chatham House, 1992), Maastricht Made Simple (The European 1993), and the Pocket History of the European Union (Sutton 1998).[9]
Notes
- ↑ Hakluyt Watch, Private Eye, No. 1031, 29 June - 12 July, 2001
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Club of Three Michael Maclay, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 3 July 2007, accessed 30 March 2009
- ↑ Appointments in 1993 The Independent, Published 3 July 1993, Accessed 23 September 2014
- ↑ http://www.gbf.com/gbf/p5.asp
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Michael Maclay Profile Citizenship Foundation, Accessed 23 September 2014
- ↑ Personal Profile Michael Maclay
- ↑ Montrose Associates Board Members Accessed 23 September 2014
- ↑ http://www.gbf.com/gbf/p5.asp
