Philip Lader

Philip Lader was appointed chairman of WPP in 2001. The US Ambassador to the Court of St James's(the UK) from 1997 to 2001. Prior to his ambassadorship and return to the private sector, Lader served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Before entering government service, he was executive vice president of the company managing the late Sir James Goldsmith's US holdings and president of both a prominent American real estate company and universities in the US and Australia. A lawyer, he is also a Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley, a director of RAND Corporation, Marathon Oil and AES Corporations, a member of the Council of Lloyd's (Insurance Market), a Trustee of the British Museum and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[1]

He serves on the board of the St. Paul's Cathedral Foundation. Lader is also the founder of Renaissance Weekend, an exclusive retreat popularized by President Bill Clinton. Lader is also a Patron of the Scottish North American Business Council

Lader cries in public

On 13 September 2001 Lader appeared on the BBC TV programmme Question Time in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington.

Greg Dyke also 'personally apologised to the former US ambassador to Britain, Philip Lader, a panel member on the programme, for any distress he might have felt during some of the debate's fiercest exchanges.'^[2]

External links

• Council of American Ambassadors biography
• Renaissance Weekend

Notes

• BBC chief apologises for terror debate BBC Online, Saturday, 15 September, 2001, 17:15 GMT 18:15 UK