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'''Nick Butler''' is a visiting professor at [[King's College London]] and the founding chairman of the Kings Policy Institute. He chairs Promus Associates, The Sure Chill Company. From 2007 to 2009 he was chairman of the Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies. He was a [[Special advisers in the United Kingdom|special adviser]] to the former British prime minister [[Gordon Brown]] from 2009 to 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Special Advisors to UK Cabinet members]</ref> <br />
==Life==<br />
Butler was educated at [[Blackpool Grammar School]], and graduated in economics from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. He joined the British oil firm [[BP]] in 1977, ultimately becoming group vice president for strategy and policy development from 2002 to 2006.<ref name=ft-index/><br />
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He is a member of the advisory board of OMFIF – the organisation of Financial Institutions and Sovereign Wealth Funds. He served as non-executive chairman of the energy technology business [[Agni Inc]] from 2008 until February 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.com/nick-butler/profile-207807.html |title=Nick Butler Profile – Photos, Wallpapers, Videos, News, Movies, Nick Butler Songs, Pics |website=www.in.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225075915/http://www.in.com/nick-butler/profile-207807.html |archive-date=25 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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He is a vice president of the [[Hay Festival|Hay-on-Wye literary festival]] and a member and chairman of the executive committee of the Athenaeum.<br />
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He contributes to the ''[[Financial Times]]'' on energy and power<ref name=ft-index>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/nick-butler |title=Nick Butler – Energy Commentator |publisher=Financial Times |accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref> and for the Nikkei Asian Review.<br />
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He is married to Rosaleen Hughes and has one daughter. They live in Clapham, South London.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}<br />
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==Publications==<br />
*''European Universities – Renaissance or Decay'' (with Richard Lambert, 2006)<br />
*''The International Grain Trade'' (1985)<br />
*''The IMF – Time for Reform'' (1982)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/people/faculty/butlern.html Nick Butler] at Judge Business School<br />
*[http://www.futureofenergy.org.uk Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies] at Judge Business School<br />
*[http://blogs.ft.com/nick-butler/ Nick Butler's blog] at the Financial Times<br />
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