Terence Burns, Baron Burns

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Preceded byDame Patricia Hodgson
Succeeded byMaggie Carver (Interim)
Personal details
Born (1944-03-13) 13 March 1944 (age 80)[1]
Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Anne Elizabeth Powell
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(m. 1969)​
Children3
OccupationBusinessman
Known forHouse of Commons

Terence Burns, Baron Burns

Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra. On 5 November 2009 he was announced chairman Designate of Channel Four Television Corporation, succeeding Luke Johnson, who retired on 27 January 2010 following six years in the post.[3][4]

Government career

His government service began as a member of the HM Treasury Academic Panel from 1976 to 1979, then Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury and Head of the Government Economic Service from 1980 to 1991, and Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury from 1991 to 1998.[citation needed]

Lord Burns was a member of the

BBC Charter Review.[7]

Business career

Lord Burns was appointed a non-executive director of

Abbey National plc in February 2002, and a non-executive director of Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. in December 2004.[10] He became Chairman of Marks and Spencer plc in 2006, after serving as Deputy chairman since 2005.[11] Lord Burns was appointed as Chairman of Ofcom
for a four-year term from 1 January 2018.

Professional

Lord Burns has been President of the

Society of Business Economists since 1998, previously serving as Vice-President since 1985.[12] He has been President of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research since 2003, previously serving as a Governor.[13] He is also a Fellow of the London Business School, and a Vice-President of the Royal Economic Society.[14]

Other positions held

Lord Burns and Sir John Ritblat

Lord Burns chaired the

Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra in 2001 after serving as a Trustee since 1998 and was appointed Chairman of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music
in 2002 after being a Governor since 1998.

He was non-executive director of

Queens Park Rangers FC between 1996 and 2001. In 2004, he was appointed Chairman of the FA Structural Review by The Football Association, and delivered his Final Report on 12 August 2005.[15]

Personal life

The son of Patrick Owen Burns, a coalminer, and Doris Burns, he was born and brought up in the village of

Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham, and educated at Houghton-le-Spring Grammar School and the University of Manchester, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1965. He has been married to Anne Elizabeth Powell since 1969. They have a son and two daughters and four grandchildren.[citation needed
]

Honours

He was knighted in the 1983 Birthday Honours,[16] and was appointed to the Order of the Bath as a Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in the 1995 Birthday Honours.[17] In the 1998 Birthday Honours, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Burns, of Pitshanger in the London Borough of Ealing.[18][19] He sits as a crossbencher.[20]

He holds honorary doctorates and professorships from five British universities.[citation needed]

Works

  • Britton, A., Randolph Quirk, Terence Burns, Peter Mathias, John Mason, The Interpretation and Use of Economic Predictions: Discussion, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 407, Issue 1832, (1986), 1986RSPSA.407..123B
  • The UK Government's Financial Strategy (1988)

References

  1. ^ "Mr Terence Burns (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Secretary Of State Appoints Ofcom Chair". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ Lord Burns confirmed as Channel 4 chairman, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 5 November 2009
  4. ^ Lord Burns named new C4 chairman, BBC News, 5 November 2009
  5. ISBN 978-0-905702-31-5
  6. ^ "Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales". Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  7. ^ "BBC Charter Review – Independent Advisor". Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  8. ^ "Pearson – Non-Executive Directors". Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  9. ^ "Glas Cymru – Directors". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  10. ^ "Abbey National plc – Board Directors". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  11. ^ "Marks and Spencer plc – Board Member Biographies". Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  12. ^ "Society of Business Economists – SBE Officers". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  13. ^ "National Institute of Economic and Social Research – Council of Management". Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  14. ^ "Royal Economic Society – RES Council". Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  15. ^ "The FA – The FA Structural Review". Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  16. ^ "No. 49375". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1983. p. 1.
  17. ^ "No. 54066". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1995. p. 3.
  18. ^ "No. 55204". The London Gazette. 23 July 1998. p. 8043.
  19. ^ "No. 24439". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 July 1998. p. 2019.
  20. ^ "Minutes of Proceedings". House of Lords Minutes and Order Paper. 29 July 1998. Retrieved 25 May 2007.

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