David Wright
| David Wright link Powerbase Wikiquote (Diplomat, banker) | |
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| Born | 16 June 1944 |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Wolverhampton Grammar School,Cambridge University/Peterhouse |
UK diplomat and banker. Vice Chairman of Barclays when he attended the 2011 Bilderberg meeting. | |
Not to be confused with David Wright (Canadian)
Sir David John Wright is a UK diplomat and bankster. He was Vice Chairman of Barclays when he attended the 2011 Bilderberg meeting.
Education
Wright attended Wolverhampton Grammar School, and at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
career
He joined the Foreign Office in 1966 and was posted as Third Secretary, later Second Secretary, to Tokyo. He returned to the FCO in 1972 and was promoted in London to First Secretary before attending the École nationale d'administration in Paris in 1975. From 1976 to 1980 he was posted as First Secretary to the Paris Embassy. He was seconded to be Private Secretary to the Secretary of the Cabinet (1980–1982), as a Grade 7 civil servant. From 1982 to 1985 he was Counsellor (Economic) in Tokyo.
Returning again to the FCO, he was Head of the Personnel Services Department from 1985 to 1988. From there he was seconded to be Deputy Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (1988–1990).[1]
Wright was appointed Ambassador to South Korea in 1990 and four years later returned to London as Deputy Under Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. From 1996 to 1999 he was appointed Ambassador to Japan, a post which he left to become Chief Executive of British Trade International, which promotes British exports and inward investment. He retired in 2002.
Later activities
After retiring from diplomacy, Wright joined Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of the Barclays group. He became Vice Chairman in January 2011[2], where he was responsible for banking client relations in Asia-Pacific and Barclays links with UK government and other public entities. He was also vice-president of the China-Britain Business Council, a member of the International Advisory Board of All Nippon Airways, and a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was chair at the Korean British Business Council.
As of 2014, he was the Chairman of the Governing Body of the Perse School, Cambridge.[3]
As of December 2017, Wright is chairman of the board at Skarbek Associates.
References
- ↑ The Diplomatic Service List 1989 (page 342), HMSO, ISBN 0-11-591707-1
- ↑ http://english.boaoforum.org/cgyjjb/6958.jhtml
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140720225142/http://www.perse.co.uk/about-us/governing-board/
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