Beesley Lecture: A nuclear future? UK Government policy and the role of the market

29th October 2009, Institute of Directors, London

Speakers include:

Charles Hendry MP

Shadow Minister for Energy, Conservative Party

Biography

Charles Hendry has been Member of Parliament for Wealden since 2001. He is currently Shadow Minister for Energy. Before this, Charles was Shadow Minister for Energy, Industry and Postal Affairs in the Business and Enterprise team and Energy Science and Technology in the former DTI team. Charles was the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2003-05) and Shadow Minister for Young People (2002-05) and Shadow Minister for Industry and Enterprise (May – December 2005).

From 1992-97, Charles was Member of Parliament for High Peak, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party (1995-1997) and Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homelessness (1992-1996). Following the 1997 General Election, Charles was appointed Chief of Staff to the Rt Hon William Hague during his leadership of the Conservative Party, before establishing and leading the Business Liaison Unit at Conservative Party headquarters.

Charles’ business career has mostly been spent in Public Relations, working with the international communications groups Ogilvy & Mather PR and Burson-Marsteller. He was Special Adviser to the Rt Hon John Moore MP as Secretary of State for Social Services (1988) and to the Rt Hon Tony Newton MP as Minister of State for Trade & Industry and then Secretary of State for Social Security (1988-90). He was Founder/Chairman/Chief Executive of The Agenda Group (1999-2005), a specialist consultancy helping company Chairmen and Chief Executives with their corporate networking.

David Newbery

University of Cambridge

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Conference overview:

Speaker: David Newbery, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
Chair and Commentator: Charles Hendry MP, Conservative Shadow Minister for Energy

The Beesley Lectures are a series of eight annual lectures covering the regulated industries in the UK. Now in their nineteenth year, the lectures are held in memory of Professor Michael Beesley, who founded the series in 1991 and organized them until his death in 1999. He was a leading architect of the British system of utility regulation and a Managing Trustee of the Institute of Economic Affairs.

Each evening will begin at the Institute of Directors at 6.30pm. Delegates are encouraged to network over refreshments until 7pm, when the lecture will commence. An industry-leading speaker will give a one hour lecture and a specialist will give a short response before handing over to the audience for further discussion. Each lecture will end at 8.45pm with refreshments.