Difference between revisions of "Leon Brittan"
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Brittan has said that he "appreciated the input of the FLG in the run-up to and during the final stages of the WTO agreement on financial services in 1997. All this demonstrates how important it is for companies to be involved at the most senior level."<ref>"[http://www.bi.org.uk/html/2001.html Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, Liberalising World Trade: Why Business Must Make Its Voice Heard]", IFSL World, Edition 1, Spring 2001</ref> | Brittan has said that he "appreciated the input of the FLG in the run-up to and during the final stages of the WTO agreement on financial services in 1997. All this demonstrates how important it is for companies to be involved at the most senior level."<ref>"[http://www.bi.org.uk/html/2001.html Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, Liberalising World Trade: Why Business Must Make Its Voice Heard]", IFSL World, Edition 1, Spring 2001</ref> | ||
| − | + | In 1998, Brittan invited Buxton to set up the [[European Services Network]] (later renamed [[European Services Forum]] (ESF)) and the [[European Services Leaders Group]] (ESLG), a high profile pressure group modelled on the Financial Leaders Group, consisting of some 40 Chief Executive Officers from across the European services industry.<ref>GATS: "First and Foremost for the Benefit of Business", CEO fact sheet, May 2000 <http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/gatswatch/factsheet01.html</ref><ref>"[http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer8/brittan.html REVOLVING DOORS Former Trade Commissioner Now Lobbies for Services Industry]", Corporate Europe Observer - Issue 8</ref> | |
| − | Brittan played a key role in the formation of the [[Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue]] (TABD) in 1995 which enables the CEOs of US and European companies to present a unified and powerful front to trade negotiators. As EC Vice President, Brittan met regularly with TABD. | + | Brittan played a key role in the formation of the [[Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue]] (TABD) in 1995 which enables the CEOs of US and European companies to present a unified and powerful front to trade negotiators. As EC Vice President, Brittan met regularly with TABD.<ref>Sharon Beder, ''[http://www.herinst.org/sbeder/Books/suiting.html Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda]'', Earthscan, London, 2006, p. 140.</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:20, 16 May 2009
Lord Leon Brittan became Vice-Chairman of the investment bank UBS Warburg just three months after quitting as Trade Commissioner,[1] and joined the London-based international law consultancy Herbert Smith on 1 January 2000, as part-time consultant on World Trade Organisation (WTO) issues.[2] A few months later he was appointed Advisory Director at Unilever.[3]
Brittan took over the LOTIS Chairmanship from his long-standing ally Andrew Buxton. The working relationship of the two men dates from the days when Buxton (then Chairman of Barclays Bank) was lobbying Commissioner Brittan on behalf of the Financial Leaders Group (FLG) during the GATT Uruguay Round and during negotiation of the WTO Financial Services Agreement. Brittan, in fact, encouraged the establishment of the FLG as a way of promoting the interests of the financial services sector.[4]
Brittan has said that he "appreciated the input of the FLG in the run-up to and during the final stages of the WTO agreement on financial services in 1997. All this demonstrates how important it is for companies to be involved at the most senior level."[5] In 1998, Brittan invited Buxton to set up the European Services Network (later renamed European Services Forum (ESF)) and the European Services Leaders Group (ESLG), a high profile pressure group modelled on the Financial Leaders Group, consisting of some 40 Chief Executive Officers from across the European services industry.[6][7]
Brittan played a key role in the formation of the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) in 1995 which enables the CEOs of US and European companies to present a unified and powerful front to trade negotiators. As EC Vice President, Brittan met regularly with TABD.[8]
Notes
- ^.Sir Leon Brittan to join Warburg Dillon Read as Vice Chairman, UBS Warburg press release, 1 October 1999 <http://www.ubswarburg.com/e/press/corporate/991001.shtml>
- ^.Sir Leon Brittan to join Herbert Smith as a consultant, Herbert Smith press release, 19 October 1999
- ^.Unilever announces three new directors, Unilever press release, 22 February 2000 <http://www.unilever.com/Search/show.asp?articleid=1776>
- ^. Sharon Beder, Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda, Earthscan, London, 2006, p. 140.
- ^.Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, Liberalising World Trade : Why Business Must Make Its Voice Heard, IFSL World, Edition 1, Spring 2001 <http://www.bi.org.uk/html/2001.html>
- ^.GATS: "First and Foremost for the Benefit of Business", CEO fact sheet, May 2000 <http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/gatswatch/factsheet01.html>
- ^REVOLVING DOORS Former Trade Commissioner Now Lobbies for Services Industry Corporate Europe Observer - Issue 8
- ^. Sharon Beder, Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda, Earthscan, London, 2006, p. 140.
Notes
- ↑ "Sir Leon Brittan to join Warburg Dillon Read as Vice Chairman", UBS Warburg press release, 1 October 1999
- ↑ Sir Leon Brittan to join Herbert Smith as a consultant, Herbert Smith press release, 19 October 1999
- ↑ "Unilever announces three new directors", Unilever press release, 22 February 2000
- ↑ Sharon Beder, Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda, Earthscan, London, 2006, p. 140.
- ↑ "Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, Liberalising World Trade: Why Business Must Make Its Voice Heard", IFSL World, Edition 1, Spring 2001
- ↑ GATS: "First and Foremost for the Benefit of Business", CEO fact sheet, May 2000 <http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/gatswatch/factsheet01.html
- ↑ "REVOLVING DOORS Former Trade Commissioner Now Lobbies for Services Industry", Corporate Europe Observer - Issue 8
- ↑ Sharon Beder, Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda, Earthscan, London, 2006, p. 140.
