Jeremy Beale

Jeremy Beale was appointed head of e-business at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in 2001 after being plucked from the private sector in Australia. He has a doctorate in international relations and has has advised the UK Government on e-business in the Performance and Innovation Unit at the Cabinet Office; and played a role at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where he was responsible for analysing the economic implications of e-commerce.

He spends his days lobbying the Department of Trade & Industry, the Office of the E-envoy, and the Home Office to help promote UK business internationally, by working alongside the European Commission, the OECD and the World Trade Organisation.