Lord Digby Jones Kt

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Business Strategy, HR & Training

SPEECH TITLES

UK PLC from a Global Perspective

BIOGRAPHY

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Digby Jones lobbied energetically on behalf of British business as Director General of the CBI and served in government as Minister of State for Trade and Investment. He is now a Business Ambassador at UK Trade & Investment and Chairman of Triumph Motorcycles.

Lord Jones started his business career in corporate law, working on management buy-outs and most of the mergers and acquisitions activity in the West Midlands. He moved to KPMG as Vice Chairman of Corporate Finance, acting as close advisor to a number of public companies and helping to develop global markets - ensuring consistency of service levels towards international clients.

After being appointed Chairman of the CBI's West Midlands Regional Council, Digby became the first serving regional Chairman to be appointed Director-General of the business group. He was noted as one of the CBI's most successful and high-profile leaders. After his tenure he when on to advise companies including Barclays Capital, Ford, Deloitte and JCB.

Digby then spent a year in Gordon Brown's government in the newly created roles of Minister of State for Trade and Investment, charged with encouraging improvements in education and training to meet the demands of global competition. Digby accepted on the understanding that he remained resolutely non party political and he joined the Lords as an independed crossbencher.

He has since served as a non-Executive Director and Chairman of several companies, in sectors as diverse as quarry aggregates and independent radio. He is also actively involved with various charities including Cancer Research, Scope and Unicef, and his fundraising activities have included cycling from John O'Groats to Lands End.

Digby Jones is a thought-provoking speaker, whether delivering keynote presentations on competitiveness or addressing business audiences after dinner. He mixes hard fact with anecdotes, and passion with experience.