The Stanford Club of Great Britain
requests the pleasure of your company
to our gala dinner with
Sir Howard Davies
Director of the London School of Economics and
former head of the Financial Services Authority
on Wednesday 8th March 2006
At Millennium Hotel London Mayfair
39-44 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair
London W1K 2HP
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Black Tie encouraged
| Champagne reception | 7:00 pm |
| Dinner | 8:00 pm |
| Carriages | 11:00 pm |
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Price Per Person
General: £85.00
Young Alumni from 2000: £75.00
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ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER
Sir Howard Davies is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to his current appointment he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the UK's single financial regulator since 1998.
He had previously served for two years as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England after three years as Director General of the Confederation of British Industry. From 1987 to 1992 he was Controller of the Audit Commission. From 1982 to 1987 he worked for McKinsey & Company in London and during 1985-1986 was seconded to the Treasury as Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had previously worked at the Treasury and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including two years as Private Secretary to the British Ambassador in Paris.
He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford, where he gained an MA in history and modern languages. In 1979 he was awarded a Harkness Fellowship and in 1980 took an MSc in management sciences at Stanford Graduate School of Business, California. Since 2002 he has been a Trustee of the Tate. He is a member of the governing body, Royal Academy of Music; Patron of Working Families; and in 2004 was elected to an Honorary Fellowship at Merton College. In 2004 he joined the board of Morgan Stanley as a non-executive director. He was featured as 'A man of our times' in Nicholas Henderson's Old Friends and Modern Instances.
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BOOKING
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and send a postal payment with your full details to:
Lesley-anne Hunt,
Stanford Club of Great Britain,
Box 87,
2 Old Brompton Road,
London SW7 3DQ.
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