Asidua

Events

CBI NI Annual Lunch

Thursday, 27th September 2007

Asidua and invited guests attend the annual CBI Northern Ireland lunch at the Culloden Hotel.

Keynote: Martin Broughton*, President, CBI

*Martin Broughton served as Deputy President of the CBI, succeeding Sir John Sunderland as President in January 2007. He became chairman of British Airways in July 2004, having joined the board of BA in 2000 as a non-executive director and been appointed deputy chairman in October 2003. He was formerly chairman of British American Tobacco plc (BAT), having previously been group chief executive and deputy chairman since 1993. He joined BAT as a travelling auditor in 1971 and held a variety of financial positions before becoming finance adviser for Asia. He moved to the group’s Brazilian subsidiary, Souza Cruz, in 1980, becoming finance director. Martin is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists and serves on the International Advisory Board of the British American Business Council. He is also chairman of the British Horseracing Board. Martin is married with a son and a daughter and enjoys golf, football, horse-racing and the theatre. The CBI's mission is to help create and sustain the conditions in which businesses in the UK can compete and prosper for the benefit of all.