Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes
Stephen Andrew Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes, CBE, PC ( born February 12, 1964) is a Scottish businessman and Labour Party politician, who was previously Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting in the British government.
Life and career
Carter was born in Scotland and attended the Currie High School in Edinburgh. From 1982 to 1987 he studied law at the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated with an LLB Hons. He was 1985-1986 president of the student body. He later attended the London Business School, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1997.
He is currently Chief Marketing, Strategy and Communication Officer at Alcatel -Lucent.
After graduation from the University of Aberdeen, Carter began as a trainee at the advertising agency J Walter Thompson UK. In 1995 he was Managing Director and two years later the Chief Executive. 2000 Carter Chief Operating Officer of the British cable TV company NTL. As a company listed on the NYSE companies, he sat the examined for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection proceedings before NTL, which at that time had debts of £ 12bn. Left end of 2002, Carter NTL when the group was ready to carry out Chapter 11, with a payout of £ 1.7 million in compensation, which includes a bonus of £ 600,000.
The company started a class action lawsuit by shareholders, which was settled by payment of $ 9 million in late 2007. On 21 January 2003 Carter became the first Chief Executive of the British media overseer Ofcom. In October 2006 he resigned and was succeeded by Ed Richards, before he became Group Chief Executive at Brunswick Group. Whose clients include BP, British Airways, BT Group and EMI.
In January 2008, Carter was Chief Strategy Officer and principal advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street. To take this position, he had his other positions as Group Chief Executive at Brunswick Group LLP; the position as Non-Executive Director at Royal Mail Holdings plc and Travis Perkins and as the UK Commission for Employment and Skills ad Commissioner.
Membership in the House of Lords
In October 2008, Carter was appointed Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State ( State Secretary ) for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting appointed. He was in the DBIS (formerly dberr ) and the DCMS and the National Economic Council to the Prime Minister. Since Carter was not a Member of Parliament, it was necessary to appoint him as a member of the House of Lords. Therefore, he was on 15 October 2008 for Life peer as Baron Carter of Barnes, of Barnes appointed in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and launched on 16 October 2008 to the House of Lords. He has been helped by David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone and David Puttnam. In the House of Lords he was sitting as a minister on the front benches.
Carter was appointed Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Board of Governors of the Ashridge Business School and is Vice-President ( Vice - President) of Unicef UK. On 4 March 2010 Carter was as Chief Marketing, Strategy and Communication Officer for Alcatel -Lucent. In the House of Lords he enlisted on 2 December 2009 to last word. On a vote he took part last on June 29, 2009.
His presence was as a minister very irregular and took in connection sharply. Most recently, he was present in 2010. Since 14 July 2011, he is on leave of absence granted by the House of Lords Leave of Absence.
Resignation
Carter announced on 11 June 2009 that he would resign from his post as minister after the release of its Digital Britain report, only 18 months after the beginning of his political career. The news, which wanted to keep the government initially secret, leaked to the press.
Other offices and honors
Carter is a member of the Supervisory Board (Board) of 2Wire Inc, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for strategy and communication, as well as Non-executive Director of Informa plc. He is a member of the Trusteeship Council ( trustee ) of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Carter was appointed Commander of the CBE in 2007.