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This months’ Monthly Reunion (Open to the general public) will be in the form of a Lecture Discussion with: |
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Guest speaker:
Mr. Hal Austin
Topic: "The global recession and the deep
structural weaknesses in the Barbados financial structure …
An Analysis on how it will affect
you!"
Location: Combermere
School Hall
Date & Time: Friday
November 27th at 7.00pm
Bio:
Hal Austin is a Senior Editor
of the Financial Adviser, and has been an editor there for over ten years.
Before that he worked as a
freelancer, on contract or staff for Professional Pensions, the News of the
World, Sunday Times, Sunday People, Evening Standard, BBC Radio, where he was a
news and current affairs producer, and for the Daily Mail, where he worked for
14 years.
Hal has been:
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Pension reporter of the year,
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Investment reporter of the year and
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Won the Association of British Insurers’
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
Hal, who was born in the Ivy,
St Michael, won a scholarship to attend Combermere School and left in
1963. He then went on to study at Middlesex Polytechnic (now university),
and undertook various undergraduate and post-graduate studies at Cardiff,
Thames Valley and Bristol Universities. Hal also done a number of course
at the London Business School.
Hal has been living in
London now for over 40 years, and have been a financial
journalist for well over 30 years. Hal was the driving
force behind the joint Financial Times/City University Masters degree in
financial journalism, which comes on stream in September 2010.
Hal writes professionally
mainly on macro-economic and social policy and privately on a range of
subjects, including Barbados.
Below are links to some of his recent articles:
Looking forward to your participation and questions …
Liquid Refreshments will be available.
See you there!!!