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IPS Corporate Associates Breakfast with Mr Charles Burton
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Mr Charles Burton
Board Director of Business Development
Oxford Economics
Date: 14 October 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 8.00 am to 9.30 am (Registration begins at 7.45 am)
Venue: Marriott Singapore
Dress Code: Office Attire |
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The guest speaker for this breakfast is Mr Charles Burton, Board Director of Business Development, Oxford Economics (formerly Oxford Economic Forecasting). Mr Burton will present Oxford Economics’ World Economic Outlook, with special attention on the economies of the US and China. In his presentation, Mr Burton will explain the deterioration of the global outlook and offer his analysis on how the recent G20 meeting may be able to tackle the credit crunch. Will there be a second dip in the key economies and what will be the impact of a recession in China? |
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Charles Burton has had a long career in business economics. He began his career in 1974 as an economist for Beecham Pharmaceuticals, before joining the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in 1975. He spent 10 years at the CBI, where he ran the CBI's business surveys and economic forecasting teams. Latterly as Deputy Director of Economics, he was also responsible for the CBI's economic policy representations. Between 1985 and 1988, he was in charge of the economic forecasting and consultancy business of Wharton Econometrics in the UK and N Europe. In 1988, he was one of the founding directors and Chief Executive of Business Strategies Ltd, a leading independent forecasting and consulting operation. After its acquisition by Experian in 2002, he was the global MD for the Business Strategies division within Experian.
He joined Oxford Economics in April 2008 as the Board Director of Business Development. He is also a Fellow and council member of the Society of Business Economists and non-executive Chairman of the Lewis Charles Sofia Property Fund Ltd. He is a member of the Scottish Government's Economic Consultants Advisory Group. |
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For enquiries, please contact Ms Natalie Tay at tel: 6516-8389 or via email :
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