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Gavyn Davies

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Gavyn Davies, OBE (born 27 November 1950) is a former Goldman Sachs partner and multi-millionaire who was the chairman of the BBC from 2001 until 2004. [1]

35 relations: Balliol College, Oxford, Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, BBC, Board of Governors of the BBC, Chairman, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chief executive officer, Christopher Bland, Cronyism, Croyde, David Kelly (weapons expert), Devon, Enron, Financial Times, Goldman Sachs, Gordon Brown, Greg Dyke, Harold Wilson, Hedge fund, Hutton Inquiry, James Callaghan, Labour Party (UK), Macroeconomics, Mathematics, Order of the British Empire, Prime minister, Richard Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum, Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, St John's College, Cambridge, Statistics, Susan Nye, Baroness Nye, Television licence, Tessa Jowell, The Guardian, Wandsworth.

Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, founded in 1263,: Graduate Studies Prospectus - Last updated 17 Sep 08 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone

Barbara Scott Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone FRSGS (born 8 April 1948 in Perth, Scotland) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Board of Governors of the BBC

The Board of Governors of the BBC was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of Her Majesty's Exchequer, commonly known as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or simply the Chancellor, is a senior official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of Her Majesty's Treasury.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Christopher Bland

Sir Francis Christopher Buchan Bland (29 May 1938 – 28 January 2017) was a British businessman and politician.

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Cronyism

Cronyism is the practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends, family relatives or trusted colleagues, especially in politics and between politicians and supportive organizations.

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Croyde

Croyde is a village on the west-facing coastline of North Devon, England.

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David Kelly (weapons expert)

David Christopher Kelly (14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003) was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare, employed by the British Ministry of Defence, and formerly a weapons inspector with the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Enron

Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a Japanese-owned (since 2015), English-language international daily newspaper headquartered in London, with a special emphasis on business and economic news.

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Goldman Sachs

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Greg Dyke

Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster.

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Harold Wilson

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976.

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Hedge fund

A hedge fund is an investment fund that pools capital from accredited individuals or institutional investors and invests in a variety of assets, often with complex portfolio-construction and risk-management techniques.

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Hutton Inquiry

The Hutton Inquiry was a 2003 judicial inquiry in the UK chaired by Lord Hutton, who was appointed by the Labour government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly, a biological warfare expert and former UN weapons inspector in Iraq.

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James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), often known as Jim Callaghan, served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix makro- meaning "large" and economics) is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Richard Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum

Richard Andrew Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum, OBE, PC (born 4 February 1949) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Richard Taunton Sixth Form College

Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, until 2012 called Taunton's College, is a sixth form college in Upper Shirley, Southampton attended by approximately 1340 students.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge).

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Statistics

Statistics is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.

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Susan Nye, Baroness Nye

Susan Jane Nye, Baroness Nye (born 17 May 1955) is the former Director of Government Relations and former diary secretary to ex-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Television licence

A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts, or the possession of a television set where some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence fee paid.

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Tessa Jowell

Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (17 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood from 1997 to 2015, having previously been elected as the MP for Dulwich in 1992.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Wandsworth

Wandsworth Town is a district of south London within the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavyn_Davies

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