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'''Jonathan Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell''' (born 1955) is Chair of the [[Financial Services Authority]], the UK's financial watchdog.  
 
'''Jonathan Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell''' (born 1955) is Chair of the [[Financial Services Authority]], the UK's financial watchdog.  
  
Turner is a 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'.
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Lord Turner has combined careers in business, public policy and academia - he lectures part-time at the [[London School of Economics]]. He 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).
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==Career history==
 
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*In January 2008 Turner was appointed Chair of the government's new [[Climate Change Committee]], whose job is to set national targets for CO2 reductions, and to monitor the government’s performance in achieving them.
He lectures part-time at the [[London School of Economics]].
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*From 1995 to 1999 he was Director General of the Confederation of British Industry.
 
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*He chaired the Low Pay Commission from 2002 until 2006 and the Pensions Commission until August 2006.
Since 2002, he has chaired a UK government enquiry into pensions.
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*He was vice-chair of Merrill Lynch Europe from 2000 until 2006.
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*He previously worked for [[BP]] and [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] before joining [[McKinsey & Company]] in 1982.
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*A [[Glenalmond College]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] graduate ([[Gonville and Caius College]]) and past president of the [[Cambridge Union]].
  
 
==Honoured==
 
==Honoured==
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[Economic and Social Research Council]], Chair of Council
 
*[[Economic and Social Research Council]], Chair of Council
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===Remunerated directorships===
 
===Remunerated directorships===
 
*Director of [[United Business Media]] plc
 
*Director of [[United Business Media]] plc

Revision as of 01:01, 27 February 2009

Jonathan Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (born 1955) is Chair of the Financial Services Authority, the UK's financial watchdog.

Lord Turner has combined careers in business, public policy and academia - he lectures part-time at the London School of Economics. He described himself in a BBC HARDtalk interview with Stephen Sackur as a 'technocrat'.

Career history

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.

Affiliations

Remunerated directorships

Regular remunerated employment

I am the sole employee of Titcomb Ltd, which provides occasional consulting advice and conference speech services to a variety of clients

Controlling shareholdings

I am the sole shareholder of Titcomb Ltd, which provides the services described under para 12 (f) above

Office-holder in voluntary organisations

External link

Reference