Digby Jones

Fixing Business

Making Profitable Business Work for The Good of All

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Many people claim to be the voice of business, but few speak as clearly and as forcefully as Digby. This book is a punchy, passionate and powerful defence of the role of enterprise in our society. It's badly needed in this age of unreason. -George Osborne MP, former Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010-16 A CALL TO ACTION FOR LEADERS IN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA. In Fixing Business, the face of British Business Lord Digby Jones rolls up his sleeves to demonstrate why profit isn't a dirty word - it's how you spend it that matters most. In the straightforward delivery he's famous for, Digby brilliantly contextualises the fundamental, driving r… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-119-28740-7
EAN: 9781119287407
Produktnummer: 23966123
Verlag: Wiley
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 294 KB

Über den Autor

Lord Digby Jones served as Director General of the CBI (Confederation of British Industry, the UK's Voice of Business) from 2000 until 2006. In2006 he became the UK Skills Envoy and in 2007 he was appointed Minister of State for UK Trade & Investment. He did not join the party of government and without ambition to progress in politics he concentrated on the business of promoting Britain across the world, traveling to 31 countries in 45 overseas visits.Born in Birmingham, Lord Jones originally joined the Royal Navy, before graduating from University College London and joining the law firm Edge & Ellison, rising from Articled Clerk to Senior Partner. In 1998 he joined KPMG as vice-chairman of corporate finance, before taking up his role at the CBI.In 2005 he was knighted for his services to business and became Sir Digby Jones in The Queen's New Year's Honours List. In 2007 he became a life peer taking the title, Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt.Today Lord Jones sits as an active cross-bencher in the House of Lords and is an official United Kingdom Business Ambassador. He speaks regularly to business audiences both in the UK and overseas. He serves in the private sector as Chairman of the international Business Advisory Boards of HSBC and British Airways, a Corporate Ambassador for Jaguar Cars and JCB, and Chairman of Triumph Motorcycles, among a number of pair and unpaid roles.He holds a number of charity positions, is a non-executive director of Leicester Tigers Rugby and lives with his wife Pat in Marylebone and Warwickshire.