George Trefgarne

Profile: Full name: George Trefgarne Area of interest: Business and Finance Journals/Organisation: The Daily Telegraph Email: gtrefgarne@maitland.co.uk Personal website: Website: Blog: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/george_trefgarne Representation: Networks: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/george-trefgarne/24/962/770

Biography: About: Education: Career: The Daily Telegraph: economics editor, comment editor, 1996/2006 • The Sunday Telegraph: city editor, 2006 • joined the London press office of British Petroleum (BP): director of media and research - reporting to senior vice-president, Roddy Kennedy - wrote speeches for Lord Browne, their former chief executive, 2006/2009 • Became a partner at Maitland in October 2009 Current position/role Partner at Maitland, the financial and corporate communications agency also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Director of Open Europe the eurosceptic think-tank and interest group Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Conservative Home - platform: The Left cannot be allowed to dominate the debate on Iraq, 2006 Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other: Married to Camilla D'Arcy-Irvine, curator of the Jerwood Sculpture Park

Books & Debate: OFCOM is watching you (London: Centre for Policy Studies, 2001) OCLC 46651646 Latest work: Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

The Sunday Telegraph: Column name: regular column ceased in 2006 Remit/Info: City companies and finance Section: City Role: City Editor Pen-name: Email: cityeditor@telegraph.co.uk Personal website: Website: Commissioning editor: Day published: Sunday Regularity: Weekly Column format: Average length:

All Articles: Printing money is a game with potentially dangerous results - In just a few weeks, at its meeting in February, the Bank of England's monetary policy committee has to decide whether to continue with quantative easing - 30th December 2009 A new age of cheap energy approaches - A drop in fuel bills is a timely, if temporary, respite from economic gloom - 28th August 2009 I fear Alliance is forgetting its famously thrifty ways - Investment trusts - 15th August 2007 Don't believe Labour: inflation is back - Economic stability - 28th July 2006 Chancellor is pulling the Bank's strings - Independence of the Bank of England - 23rd June 2006 The Kremlin has us over a barrel - Russian state oil company Rosneft - 4th June 2006] Young Murdoch's eye is on the ball - James Murdoch - 7th May 2006 Royal Mail must deliver privatisation - Royal Mail - 30th April 2006 This Spruce Goose is Johnson's albatross - Alan Johnson - 23rd April 2006 Winds of change blow through equities - Failure of takeovers - 26th March 2006 Will Brown woo the shires and cut taxes? - Tax cuts to outmanoeuvre Cameron & Co? - 19th March 2006 The ingredients for a scandal over Rover - The collapse of Rover - 12th March 2006 Vodafone's crime was to forget its shareholders - Vodafone - 5th March 2006 Dividends are a real benefit to us all - Flow of dividends from public companies - 26th February 2006 Myners shows how to man the defence - Paul Myners - 19th February 2006 Britain's boardrooms have lost their bottle - British companies and acquisitions - 12th February 2006 Why Lapthorne should do the splits - Cable & Wireless - 5th February 2006 Same again, Your Lordships. Kill the bill - Company Law Reform Bill - 29th January 2006 Ask Sid, Labour's no good at privatisation - Privatisation -22nd January 2006 The greatest happiness of the greatest number - Investment trust sector - January 2006 Britain's defence policy left high and dry - End of the aircraft carrier? - 8th January 2006 Last post for Royal Mail's monopoly - Royal Mail- 1st January 2006 Bill of fare is a sign of how we are faring - Restaurants as barometers of consumer sentiment - 18th December 2005 Show us the money, Cameron & Co - Defining issue in British politics - 11th December 2005 Hello Rupert, it's Sir Richard calling - Birth of Virgin Media - 4th December 2005 Hilton is an 'asset-lite' fashion victim - The "asset-lite" company - 27th November 2005 Persimmon seeks room to swing a cat - State of the housing market - 20th November 2005 Iran's oil politics are a boon for the Bank - Iranian oil wealth - 13th November 2005 Another tidying up exercise is a monster - Legislation, rules and regulation - 6th November 2005

News & updates: Trefgarne departs Sunday Telegraph - George Trefgarne is leaving the Sunday Telegraph just seven months after his appointment as its City editor, one of the most sought after jobs in business journalism - The Guardian, 31st May 2006

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