Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton
Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, KCMG, FRSA ( born December 13, 1937) is a British former diplomat and politician who is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 1997.
Life
Diplomatic career
After visiting the St Paul's School ( London) made Renwick 1956-1958 military service in the British Army and entered upon a study of the science of history at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts (MA History) in 1963, the Foreign Service of the Foreign Office a. After use 1963-1964 at the embassy in Senegal and its subsequent activity at the headquarters of the Foreign Office from 1966 to 1969 he was assistant at the High Commission in India.
Subsequently, he served from 1970 to 1972 as private secretary to the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and then as First Secretary at the Embassy in France before he was 1972-1976 to 1978 consultants in the Cabinet Office. After a short time he was a policy adviser to the Governor of Southern Rhodesia Christopher Soames 1978-1980 Head of Department of Rhodesia in the Foreign Ministry and subsequently, he worked 1980-1981 as a visiting scientist ( Visiting Fellow ) at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. During this time he was in 1980 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Then he took up in 1984 as Head of Chancery of the Embassy in the United States and was on his return from 1984 to 1987 Executive Assistant to the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1987 he became the successor of Patrick Moberly as High Commissioner in South Africa and has held this position until his replacement by Anthony Reeve 1991. 1989 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, which he henceforth the additional name "Sir" led.
In 1991 he returned to the U.S. and was there until his replacement by John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard 1995 Ambassador.
Business Manager and member of the House of Lords
After his retirement from the diplomatic service Renwick moved into the private sector and was 1996-2011 Chairman of Fluor Corporation. He also served as a board member of numerous companies such as Richemont (since 1995 ), British Airways (1996 to 2005), Fluor Corporation (1997 to 2008), Canal (1997 to 1999) and BHP Billiton (1997 to 2005).
He was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Renwick of Clifton, of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the peerage by a Letters Patent dated 26 September 1997. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( "Introduction " ) as a member of the House of Lords, where he belongs to the group of so-called Cross Bencher.
In the following period was Lord Renwick, who was 1996-2010 Trustee of the weekly The Economist, from 1999 to 2000, first deputy chairman of Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd and since 2000 has been vice chairman of Fleming Family and Partners. In addition, since 2001 he is Vice Chairman of the investment bank JP Morgan Europe, and since 2005 the broker JP Morgan Cazenove. In addition, he was also a board member of SABMiller (1999 to 2008) and Gem Diamonds (2007 to 2009) and is a member of the Board of Vallar plc since 2010.
Renwick, the 1992 Honorary Member ( Honorary Fellow ) of Jesus College, University of Cambridge, also received honorary doctorate from the University of Witwatersrand ( Hon. LL.D. ) and the College of William & Mary ( Hon D.Litt. ) And is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Publications
- Economic Sanctions, 1981.
- Fighting with Allies, 1996.
- Unconventional Diplomacy, 1997.