Politcal leadership - a global perspective: Talk with Baroness Valerie Amos CH

Drawing on Baroness Amos’s extensive experience in international politics, this talk will reflect on the current UK and global political landscape and offer valuable insights on the future of political leadership.

Baroness Valerie Amos CH
 
Baroness Amos joined as Director of SOAS University of London in September 2015.  From 2010, she served as Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN. She served in a number of roles in the public sector including in local government and as Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission. Baroness Amos was an adviser to the Mandela Government on leadership, change, management and strategy issues between 1994 and 1998.  She was appointed a Labour Life Peer in 1997 and became a member of the Government in 1998.  She was a Foreign Office Minister, Secretary of State for International Development, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.  She also served as UK High Commissioner to Australia before joining the UN.  In June 2016, she was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
 

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