Sir Arthur Michael Palliser GCMG (b. 9 April 1922) is the vice chairman of the Salzburg Seminar's Board of Directors and a former senior British Diplomat. Born in Reigate, Surrey, he received his education at Wellington College and served in the Coldstream Guards during World War II. In 1947 he joined the British Diplomatic Service and held a number of appointments, at home and abroad, including Head of the Policy Planning Staff, a Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, then Minister at the British Embassy in Paris, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the European Communities and finally from 1975 to 1982 Permanent Under-Secretary of State and Head of the Diplomatic Service. From April to July 1982, during the Falklands campaign, he served as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1983. In that year he joined the board of the London investment bank Samuel Montagu, a subsidiary of the Midland Bank, of which he became a deputy chairman. He was chairman of Samuel Montagu from 1984 to 1993, then vice chairman until his retirement in 1996. From 1983 to 1992 he was non-executive director of several industrial companies. From 1986 to 1994, he was a member of the board of the Royal National Theatre. Sir Michael has served on the faculty of many Salzburg Seminar Sessions.
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- PALLISER, Rt Hon. Sir (Arthur) Michael International Who's Who. accessed September 1, 2006.
