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| − | '''Jonathan Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell''' (born 1955) is a British businessman, academic, director of [[United Business Media]] and chair of the [[Pensions Commission]]. He has described himself in a [[BBC]] | + | '''Jonathan Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell''' (born 1955) is a British businessman, academic, director of [[United Business Media]] and chair of the [[Pensions Commission]]. He has described himself in a [[BBC]] HARDtalk interview with [[Stephen Sackur]] as a 'technocrat'. |
A [[Glenalmond College]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] graduate ([[Gonville and Caius College]]) and past president of the [[Cambridge Union]], Turner later pursued a career as a management consultant at [[McKinsey & Co]] and then became Director-General of the [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI). | A [[Glenalmond College]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] graduate ([[Gonville and Caius College]]) and past president of the [[Cambridge Union]], Turner later pursued a career as a management consultant at [[McKinsey & Co]] and then became Director-General of the [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI). | ||
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| − | On | + | On 7 September 2005 he was created a life peer as '''Baron Turner of Ecchinswell''', of Ecchinswell in the County of Hampshire in recognition of his public service to the nation. |
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| + | *[[Economic and Social Research Council]] | ||
==External link== | ==External link== | ||
Revision as of 08:10, 21 April 2007
Jonathan Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (born 1955) is a British businessman, academic, director of United Business Media and chair of the Pensions Commission. He has described himself in a BBC HARDtalk interview with Stephen Sackur as a 'technocrat'.
A Glenalmond College and Cambridge University graduate (Gonville and Caius College) and past president of the Cambridge Union, Turner later pursued a career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co and then became Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
He lectures part-time at the London School of Economics.
Since 2002, he has chaired a UK government enquiry into pensions.
Honoured
On 7 September 2005 he was created a life peer as Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, of Ecchinswell in the County of Hampshire in recognition of his public service to the nation.
