Nick Butler
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Nick Butler is a visiting professor at King's College London and the founding chairman of the Kings Policy Institute. He chairs Promus Associates, The Sure Chill Company. 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 to 2010.[1]
Life
[edit]Butler was educated at Blackpool Grammar School, and graduated in economics from Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the British oil firm BP in 1977, ultimately becoming group vice president for strategy and policy development from 2002 to 2006.[2]
He is a member of the advisory board of OMFIF – the organisation of Financial Institutions and Sovereign Wealth Funds. He served as non-executive chairman of the energy technology business Agni Inc from 2008 until February 2009.[3]
He is a vice president of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival and a member and chairman of the executive committee of the Athenaeum.
He contributes to the Financial Times on energy and power[2] and for the Nikkei Asian Review.
He is married to Rosaleen Hughes and has one daughter. They live in Clapham, South London.[citation needed]
Publications
[edit]- European Universities – Renaissance or Decay (with Richard Lambert, 2006)
- The International Grain Trade (1985)
- The IMF – Time for Reform (1982)
References
[edit]- ^ Special Advisors to UK Cabinet members
- ^ a b "Nick Butler – Energy Commentator". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Nick Butler Profile – Photos, Wallpapers, Videos, News, Movies, Nick Butler Songs, Pics". www.in.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Nick Butler at Judge Business School
- Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies at Judge Business School
- Nick Butler's blog at the Financial Times