Nick Butler
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Nick Butler is Visiting Professor and Chair of the King's Policy Institute at King's College London. He is also energy policy adviser at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, and a Senior Adviser to Coller Capital and to Linton Capital and to Corporate Value Associates. From 2007 to 2009 he was Chairman of the Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies. He was a special adviser
to the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
from 2009-2010. He is a non executive Director of Cambridge Econometrics and a Trustee of Asia House
. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times.
Butler graduated in economics from Cambridge University
before joining British oil firm BP
in 1977, ultimately becoming Group Vice-President for Strategy and Policy Development.
He is a member of the Fabian Society
, and has been treasurer of the organization since 1982. He is a former chairman of the Young Fabians
. He was Chairman of the Centre for European Reform
which he co founded with David Miliband from 1994 to 2009, a member of the President's International Advisory Board at Yale University
, and a founder member of British American successor generation project. He was a parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party
, standing for Lincoln
in the 1992 and 1987 general elections.
Publications: European Universities - Renaissance or Decay ( written jointly with Richard Lambert ) 2006; The International Grain Trade 1985; The IMF - Time for Reform 1982.
He is a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival
.
Mr Butler was educated at Blackpool Grammar School and Trinity College Cambridge. He is married to Rosaleen Hughes and has one daughter, Julia.
Special advisers in the United Kingdom
A special adviser works in a supporting role to the British government. With media, political or policy expertise, their duty is to assist and advise government ministers.-Role:...
to the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
from 2009-2010. He is a non executive Director of Cambridge Econometrics and a Trustee of Asia House
Asia House
Asia House, is a non-profit, non-political Pan-Asian organisation in the UK. It was founded in 1996 by a small group led by Sir Peter Wakefield, a former diplomat who died aged 89 in December 2010...
. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times.
Butler graduated in economics from Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
before joining British oil firm BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
in 1977, ultimately becoming Group Vice-President for Strategy and Policy Development.
He is a member of the Fabian Society
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
, and has been treasurer of the organization since 1982. He is a former chairman of the Young Fabians
Young Fabians
The Young Fabians is the under 31 years of age section of the Fabian Society, a socialist society in the United Kingdom.- History :The Fabian Society was founded by a group of young idealists in the late 19th century . For example HG Wells was 27 when he joined the Committee as was George Bernard...
. He was Chairman of the Centre for European Reform
Centre for European Reform
The Centre for European Reform is a London-based think tank which supports European integration while arguing for institutional reform of the European Union...
which he co founded with David Miliband from 1994 to 2009, a member of the President's International Advisory Board at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and a founder member of British American successor generation project. He was a parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
, standing for Lincoln
Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)
Lincoln is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
in the 1992 and 1987 general elections.
Publications: European Universities - Renaissance or Decay ( written jointly with Richard Lambert ) 2006; The International Grain Trade 1985; The IMF - Time for Reform 1982.
He is a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival
Hay Festival
The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales for ten days from May to June. Devised by Norman and Peter Florence in 1988, the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind"...
.
Mr Butler was educated at Blackpool Grammar School and Trinity College Cambridge. He is married to Rosaleen Hughes and has one daughter, Julia.
External links
- Nick Butler at Judge Business School
- Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies at Judge Business School