Andrew Cahn

Andrew Cahn KCMG* (born 01 April 1951) is the Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment, which is responsible for the executive delivery of a government initiative to promote London as the world’s leading international financial services centre. Cahn was formerly the Director of Government and Industry Affairs, British Airways since May 2000 with responsibility for leveraging BA’s position in Brussels and Whitehall. Of the period he states: "in six years at BA I had to downsize my staff three times, by 20 to 25 per cent each time: this was tough, and not something I enjoyed doing.” Prior to working with BA, he was Chef de Cabinet for Neil Kinnock at the European Commission.

Cahn joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) in 1973, transferring to the FCO In 1976 to work at the UK Permanent Representation to the EC in Brussels before returning to MAFF as Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary. In 1984 Cahn joined the cabinet of Lord Cockfield, Vice President of the European Commission and author of the EU Single Market. In 1992 he became Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, William Waldegrave, contributing to policy and White Papers on Science, the Civil Service Reform, and the Citizen’s Charter. Between 1994 and 1997, Cahn was Deputy Head of the European Secretariat of the Cabinet Office where he was responsible for co-ordinating Government policy towards the European Union, as well as an advisor to Britain's Prime Minister and other ministers on EU issues.

Affiliations

• British Consultants and Construction Bureau
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Former Affiliations

• Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• European Commission

Connections

• Alison Cahn, sister, journalist formerly with Thames TV who worked on Death on the Rock.

Resources

• European Archive UK Trade & Incvestment: About Us, 15 July 2006, accessed 08 January 2010.
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The FCO Board, accessed 08 January 2010.
• Public Affairs News, Article, accessed 10 March 2007.
• UK Trade & Investment, About Us: Our CEO, accessed 08 January 2010.