biography
| sex:
| male
|
| lived:
| (1937– )
|
| biography:
| British writer, broadcaster, and businessman. He studied at Oxford, then worked at the Treasury (1961–7), as a financial journalist (1967–77), and as a presenter for ITV (1972–7). He was ambassador to the USA (1977–9), then returned to television, becoming presenter of TV-AM (1983) and of A Week in Politics (1983–6, Channel 4). He has been a senior executive for several organizations, and a member of government, industrial, and charitable advisory committees. He was economics and business editor at the BBC (1990–2001). |
|
|
