Leon Brittan
- Lord Brittan became Vice-Chairman of the investment bank UBS Warburg just three months after quitting as Trade Commissioner [3], and joined the London-based international law consultancy Herbert Smith on 1 January 2000, as part-time consultant on World Trade Organisation (WTO) issues. [4] A few months later he was appointed Advisory Director at Unilever. [5]
- Old Boys Network
- 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 WTO Uruguay Round and during negotiation of the WTO Financial Services Agreement. 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."[6] 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. [7][1]
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- ^REVOLVING DOORS Former Trade Commissioner Now Lobbies for Services Industry Corporate Europe Observer - Issue 8
