The Pembroke Speaker Series: Economic & political consequences of COVID-19
Pembroke College is delighted to partner with Cambridge Judge Business School to host the second of The Pembroke Speaker Series @ Cambridge Judge in International Finance talks: Economic & political consequences of COVID.
Alistair Darling (Baron Darling of Roulanish), former Labour MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer (2007-2010), will deliver the second Pembroke Speaker Series @ Cambridge Judge in International Finance lecture: The economic and political consequences of COVID-19.
The lecture will take the form of a moderated conversation between the Master of Pembroke, Lord (Chris) Smith and Alistair Darling. It will be introduced by Christoph Loch, Director of Cambridge Judge and Fellow of Pembroke.
Alistair Darling served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 2007 to 2010, as a Member of Parliament from 1987 until 2015, and has been a member of the House of Lords in the period since then, until his recent retirement in July 2020.Alistair Darling was responsible for managing the UK economy during the global financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and was created Baron Darling of Roulanish, of Great Bernera in the County of Ross and Cromarty, on 1 December 2015.
The talk will take start at 2.30 PM on Wednesday 10th March. Book a place at the talk.
About the Pembroke Speaker Series @ Cambridge Judge in International Finance
The Pembroke Speaker Series @ Cambridge Judge in International Finance features some of the most globally prominent experts in the field of international finance.
The inaugural lecture, delivered by Baroness Shriti Vadera on 10th December 2020 was on COVID-19, Economic Policy & Globalisation. It can be watched online.
A transcript of the conversation with Lord Smith can read on the CJBS website.
This collaboration between Pembroke College and Cambridge Judge Business School will provide crucial insights and unique perspectives on the risks, strategies, and opportunities in a multitude of areas, from both a practitioner and/or an academic viewpoint.
The series is part of a wider collaboration between Pembroke College and Cambridge Judge Business School, since 2012, which includes the annual appointment of a prestigious Pembroke Visiting Professorship of International Finance, to enhance our current understanding of finance through teaching and collaborative research, as well as support for Pembroke PhD studentships in the field of international finance.