Sentences with phrase «83north as a special adviser»

Doug New is a partner at Fasken Martineau but earlier in his career served as a special adviser to the deputy commissioner of the Foreign Investment Review Agency.

That period would prove important for another reason: the government posted Kuroda for a year as special adviser to the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, giving the civil servant sustained exposure to politicians at the highest levels.

Isabel Spearman is a brand and image consultant who previously worked as special adviser to Samantha Cameron at Downing Street.

Uber said Pishevar had an agreement in 2013 with former Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick to serve as a special adviser but that Pishevar hasn't had a role at the company for some time.

It is to this task that Sachs sets himself not only in this book but also in his work as a special adviser to Kofi Annan and as director of Columbia University's Earth Institute.

He is a tireless campaigner, a record - breaking fundraiser and an inspirational speaker, receiving recognition both in the UK (awarded an MBE in 2004) and internationally (appointed as a special adviser to the United Nations in 2008).

Offers of briefings and even visits to shed light on an issue are often well - received as special advisers and Parliamentary researchers try to identify photo - opportunities and soundbites that will let their boss shine.

As I remember from my own time as a special adviser, this breathing space gives front - benchers the chance to catch up on new thinking and the issues which are likely to feature high on the agenda in the coming months.

Patrick has spent ten years as a special adviser in various roles at the heart of British government, including 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office.

In May 1997, Miliband joined the Treasury as special adviser to chancellor Gordon Brown.

Lidington's early employment included posts with BP and the Rio Tinto Group before being appointed in 1987 as special adviser to the then Home Secretary Douglas Hurd.

Washington (CNN)- President Barack Obama plans to name Elizabeth Warren as a special adviser to help set up a new consumer protection agency created under the Wall Street reform bill, according to sources who spoke on condition of not being identified by name.

Bailey was squeezed out of his job as a special adviser to the prime minister to make room for another influx of old Etonians, he alleged earlier this year.

From 2001 - 2003, the Audit's then director, Stuart Weir, acted as special adviser to the Public Administration Select Committee during two inquiries which resulted in two significant reports on the «Quango state.

[5] Prior to his selection as Conservative candidate for Hertsmere, he worked as a special adviser, and David Cameron's deputy chief of staff.

Eight years later, she married Christine Marinoni, who worked for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as a special adviser for community partnerships in the city's education department.

And his predecessor pulled in a sizable paycheck as a special adviser.

This has opened up a battle over who will get jobs as special advisers in a Cameron government.

While McTernan was employed as a special adviser to the Secretary of State for Scotland he sent an email to the then Labour MSP Karen Gillon, who was about to make a trip to Sweden in which he said

Also, talent: Cuomo recently hired Republican strategist Susan del Percio to serve as a special adviser to his administration.

Kaiman, 53, of Great Neck, said he will give up his $ 153,000 - a-year job as a special adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for Sandy storm relief, as well as his unpaid post as chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority within the next week to 10 days.

Warren has previously asked regulators to look into Icahn's role as a special adviser to President Donald Trump, arguing that the arrangement is fraught with potential conflicts considering Icahn's's extensive investment portfolio.

Woodhouse enters the public affairs world after four years at The Sun and eight months as special adviser to culture secretary Karen Bradley.

«When the Sunday Times falsely accused Michael Foot of being a Soviet «agent of influence» he sued, won, and bought a new kitchen,» said Paul Richards, who served as a special adviser to Hazel Blears and Patricia Hewitt.

The Speaker, while reading the list, did not distinguish those whose names were sent to the House for confirmation as commissioners from those nominated for appointment as special advisers.

The Tory grandee's latest remarks come a week after Lord Howard — who employed Cameron as a special adviser at the Home Office in the 1990s and also supported him in the 2005 Tory leadership contest — also urged voters to back Brexit.

Cuomo named John Hendrickson, who has been a Senate appointee to the NYRA board from Saratoga Springs, as a special adviser.

Overclaimed expenses are bad enough, but throw in alleged flipping to minimise her tax bill, as well as a special adviser's apparent use of the culture secretary's role in press regulation to menace a journalist, and the scandal becomes utterly poisonous.

Ayesha Hazarika spent a decade at at the heart of government as a special adviser to Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman and is now a writer, comedian and political commentator.

However, shortly before he died, he was reassigned to the ministry of commerce and industry as a special adviser to the governor.

Schriro has been commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction since September of 2009, and previously served as a special adviser to former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on immigration and customs enforcement.

Ayesha Hazarika spent a decade at at the heart of government as a special adviser to Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman.

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, former Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau and state police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico will join the commission as special advisers.

Conybeare, whose last day as special adviser to the governor is Friday, said it was «time for me to focus on my future both professionally and personally» now that construction is reaching the halfway point.

She also seemed to confirm a bid after her wife, Marinoni, resigned from her position as special adviser for community partnerships in the city's Department of Education (DOE).

Even the government of the day can not involve the civil service formally in manifesto preparation for the next parliament, as I remember from my time as a special adviser prior to the 2010 general election.

While the prime minister employs ex-Mail features writer Liz Sanderson as a special adviser to promote her agenda via features pages and magazines not read by political junkies, the culture secretary has appointed Charlotte Griffiths as her media adviser.

At the same time, POLITICO's Jack Blanchard reports that Bradley has brought in Romilly Dennys as a special adviser with a focus on policy.

The job of press secretary is expected to go to former Sun journalist Craig Woodhouse, who recently served as a special adviser to culture secretary Karen Bradley.

And her wife, Christine Marinoni, just resigned from her position as special adviser for community partnerships in the city's Department of Education (DOE).

In 1997, Alexander, then a practising lawyer in Scotland, took leave of absence to share the Treasury office in which Miliband was working as a special adviser; in 1999 they were both responsible for the Scottish Parliament election campaign that overturned the Scottish National Party's poll lead.

But the prime minister will say that Hill, who worked as a special adviser to the pro-European Ken Clarke in the 1980s, is a serious politician who has adopted a constructive approach to the EU during two decades of Tory battlles over Europe.

The winner of the 36th Senate District primary in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will likely fill the seat left vacant by former Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who in July resigned from her post to work for Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a special adviser for policy and community affairs of state Homes and Community Renewal.

In the past political parties would have retained some of their staff simply by transferring them from the party payroll to the government payroll and appointing them as special advisers.

The New York Post reported last week that Marinoni resigned from her $ 131,708 - a-year government position as a special adviser for community partnerships in New York City in advance of a potential Nixon campaign for governor.

Gov. Cuomo has appointed Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker and Mayor de Blasio's biggest rival, as his special adviser.

Then, in 2015, she was hired by Cuomo — noted de Blasio enemy, and Nixon's current political rival — to work as a special adviser.

John Hendrickson, a prominent racing figure who serves as a special adviser to the NYRA board, said he didn't see how Bonomo could remain «with this cloud over his head.»

Having worked as a special adviser for everyone from Stephen Byers to Geoff Hoon to Gordon Brown, he's used to having various labels attached to him, though the new one is «Milibandite».

Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker and candidate for mayor, is joining the Cuomo administration as a special adviser, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced today.