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Its affiliate 'F Group' also 'delivers top quality training and networking events, allowing fast-track future top management to learn from the best and create peer-group networks amongst a sectorally wide range of attendees'.
 
Its affiliate 'F Group' also 'delivers top quality training and networking events, allowing fast-track future top management to learn from the best and create peer-group networks amongst a sectorally wide range of attendees'.
  
===Discussion on shale gas impact===
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===Discussion on shale gas===
In 2013 D Group ran an event at its Mayfair headquarters looking at 'the impact of shale gas in the UK', with a dinner hosted by the then government adviser and ex-BP chief executive [[John Browne]], who was also at the time the chairman of [[Riverstone Holdings]], part owner of controversial UK fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]].
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In October 2013 D Group ran an event at its Mayfair headquarters looking at 'the impact of shale gas in the UK', with a dinner hosted by the then government adviser and ex-BP chief executive [[John Browne]], who was also at the time the chairman of [[Riverstone Holdings]], part owner of controversial UK fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]].
  
The event was attended by a range of shale gas industry executives such as [[Andrew Austin]] co-founder and CEO of [[IGas Energy]] and high ranking government officials including [[DECC]] permanent secretary [[Stephen Lovegrove]].  
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The event was attended by a range of shale gas industry executives such as [[Andrew Austin]] co-founder and CEO of [[IGas Energy]] and high ranking government officials including [[DECC]] permanent secretary [[Stephen Lovegrove]]. Other attendees included:
 
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Other attendees included:
 
[[Cuadrilla]] |
 
 
The [[Daily Telegraph]] |
 
The [[Daily Telegraph]] |
 
[[iGas]] |
 
[[iGas]] |
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[[Bechtel]] |
 
[[Bechtel]] |
 
[[Cairn Energy]] |
 
[[Cairn Energy]] |
[[Statoil]] |
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[[Statoil]] | <Ref>DECC Permanent Secretary transparency disclosure, MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR MEDIA EXECUTIVES, accessed September 2014 </ref>
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QUARTERLY INFORMATION
  
  

Revision as of 03:31, 3 June 2015

D Group is a business 'briefing programme' based in Mayfair London.

Holding over 100 events each year, D Group describes itself as a 'neutral ground where business, finance, leading institutions, professional services and politics meet to network, hear experts and leaders talk , debate and exchange views'.

Among its activities are seminars on topics of pressing current interest; ad hoc clusters of members created to help each other with common concerns; and bespoke briefings tailored to delivering an individual company’s message.

Its affiliate 'F Group' also 'delivers top quality training and networking events, allowing fast-track future top management to learn from the best and create peer-group networks amongst a sectorally wide range of attendees'.

Discussion on shale gas

In October 2013 D Group ran an event at its Mayfair headquarters looking at 'the impact of shale gas in the UK', with a dinner hosted by the then government adviser and ex-BP chief executive John Browne, who was also at the time the chairman of Riverstone Holdings, part owner of controversial UK fracking firm Cuadrilla Resources.

The event was attended by a range of shale gas industry executives such as Andrew Austin co-founder and CEO of IGas Energy and high ranking government officials including DECC permanent secretary Stephen Lovegrove. Other attendees included: :Cuadrilla | The Daily Telegraph | iGas | ExxonMobil | AMEC | Arup | Oxford University | PricewaterhouseCoopers | BG Group | Church of England | The Global Warming Policy Foundation | Ineos | Schlumberger | Bechtel | Cairn Energy | Statoil | [1]

QUARTERLY INFORMATION


  • The need to press forward

Notes

  1. DECC Permanent Secretary transparency disclosure, MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR MEDIA EXECUTIVES, accessed September 2014