- For the English footballer, see Rickie Lambert
- For the designer, see Richard Lambert (designer)
Richard Lambert is Director-General of the CBI. Educated at Fettes College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied history, he was editor of the Financial Times until 2001. From June 2003 until March 2006 he was one of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, which sets the interest rate for sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom. He became Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry on 1 July 2006. He has written Government reports on BBC News 24 and the relationship between higher education and business. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of York in 2007.
External links
- BBC news item about CBI appointment
- The final report from the Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration, December 2003
| Media offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Geoffrey Owen |
Editor of The Financial Times 1991 - 2001 |
Succeeded by Andrew Gowers |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Digby Jones |
Director of the Confederation of British Industry 2006 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee |  |
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| Governor: Sir Edward George (June 1997–June 2003) | ||
| June 2003: | George | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell | Large | Lambert | |
| Governor: Mervyn King (June 2003–present) | ||
| July 2003-June 2005: | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Bell | Large | Lambert | Lomax | |
| July 2005-January 2006: | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Large | Lambert | Lomax | Walton | |
| February 2006-March 2006: | King | Nickell | Bean | Barker | Tucker | Lambert | Lomax | Walton | Gieve | |
