International Business Guest Speaker: Sir Tony Brenton
Staff and students of the Management School were invited to a prestigious event with Sir Tony Brenton as part of the International Business Guest Speaker series.
Sir Tony Brenton is the former UK ambassador to Russia (2004-2008). He is also a director of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, a Fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge and an advisor to Lloyd's Insurance.
He worked for 30 years for the Foreign Office. His diplomatic career took him to the Middle East, the 1992 Earth Summit, and several periods in Russia. In addition to being involved in the establishment of the International Criminal Court, he was posted in 2001 to Washington dealing with the consequences of 9/11, the Afghanistan war and the Iraq war. In 2004, he was posted to Moscow as Ambassador. He was awarded a KCMG in 2007.
Sir Tony spoke briefly about Russia’s history both politically and economically, highlighting the gap between Russia and the West following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of communism. Having worked in the city and very closely with politicians, Sir Tony was able to draw on his own experiences of the economic collapse which led to an insightful and thought provoking conversation.