Terence Burns, Baron Burns
{{short description|British economist}}
{{For|the New Zealand cricketer|Terence Burns (cricketer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2011}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = The Lord Burns
| honorific-suffix = GCB
| image = Official portrait of Lord Burns crop 2, 2019.jpg
| caption = Burns in 2019
| office = Chairman of Channel Four Television Corporation
| term_start = January 2010
| term_end = January 2016
| predecessor = Luke Johnson
| successor = Charles Gurassa
| office2 = President of National Institute of Economic and Social Research
| term_start2 = 2003
| term_end2 = 2010
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = Sir Nicholas Monck
| office3 = Chairman of the Office of Communications
| term_start3 = 1 January 2018
| term_end3 = 31 December 2020
| primeminister3 = Theresa May
Boris Johnson
| 1blankname3 = Culture Sec.
| 1namedata3 = Karen Bradley
Matt Hancock
Jeremy Wright
The Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Oliver Dowden
| predecessor3 = Dame Patricia Hodgson
| successor3 = Maggie Carver (Interim)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1944|03|13}}{{cite web |title=Mr Terence Burns (Hansard) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-terence-burns/index.html |website=api.parliament.uk |accessdate=12 February 2020}}
| birth_place = Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
| death_date =
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| occupation = Businessman
| known_for = House of Commons
| party = Conservative
| spouse = {{marriage|Anne Elizabeth Powell|1969}}
| children = 3
}}
Terence Burns, Baron Burns {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (born 13 March 1944), sometimes known as Terry Burns, is a British economist. He made a life peer in 1998 for his services as former Chief Economic Advisor and Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury. He served as Chairman of Ofcom from 2018 to 2020, and is currently a senior adviser to Santander UK,{{Cite web|title=Secretary Of State Appoints Ofcom Chair|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/secretary-of-state-appoints-ofcom-chair|access-date=2021-08-07|website=GOV.UK|language=en}} a non-executive Chairman of Glas Cymru, and a non-executive director of Pearson Group plc. He is also a former President of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, President of the Society of Business Economists, ex Chairman of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music, and ex Chairman of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra. On 5 November 2009 he was announced chairman Designate of Channel Four Television Corporation, succeeding Luke Johnson, who retired on 27 January 2010 following six years in the post.[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/nov/05/lord-burns-channel-4-chairman Lord Burns confirmed as Channel 4 chairman], Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 5 November 2009[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8344541.stm Lord Burns named new C4 chairman], BBC News, 5 November 2009
Government career
His government service began as a member of the HM Treasury Academic Panel from 1976 to 1979, then as Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury and Head of the Government Economic Service from 1980 to 1991, and as Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury from 1991 to 1998.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}
Lord Burns was a member of the Hansard Society Commission on Parliamentary Scrutiny which ran from 1999 to 2001.Lord Newton of Braintree (chair) (2001), The Challenge for Parliament: Making Government Accountable: Report of the Hansard Society Commission on parliamentary scrutiny, (London:Vacher Dod) {{ISBN|978-0-905702-31-5}} He was a member of the Scottish Fee Support Review from 1998 to 2000, and Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales{{cite web |url=http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/hunting/inquiry/ |title=Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales |accessdate=25 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626123820/http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/hunting/inquiry/ |archivedate=26 June 2007 }} in 2000. He was Chairman of the National Lottery Commission between 2000 and 2001. In 2003, he was appointed Independent Adviser to the Secretary of State for the BBC Charter Review.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbccharterreview.org.uk/independent_advisor/ia_home.html |title=BBC Charter Review – Independent Advisor |accessdate=25 May 2007}}
Business career
Lord Burns was appointed a non-executive director of Pearson plc in 1999, and Senior Independent Director in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.pearson.com/index.cfm?pageid=106 |title=Pearson – Non-Executive Directors |accessdate=26 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718091303/http://www.pearson.com/index.cfm?pageid=106 |archivedate=18 July 2007 }} He was also a non-executive director of Legal and General Group plc between 1999 and 2001, and of The British Land Company plc between 2000 and 2005. In July 2000, he was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Glas Cymru.{{cite web|url=http://www.dwrcymru.co.uk/English/Company/Glascymru/Directors/ |title=Glas Cymru – Directors |accessdate=26 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928021155/http://www.dwrcymru.co.uk/English/Company/Glascymru/Directors/ |archivedate=28 September 2007 }} He was named Chairman of Abbey National plc in February 2002, and a non-executive director of Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. in December 2004.{{cite web |url=http://193.127.192.27/csgs/Satellite?c=GSAgrupAsset&cid=1077210868570&pagename=AboutAbbey/GSAgrupAsset/PAAI_direcNoExecCentre&printable=si |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012200354/http://193.127.192.27/csgs/Satellite?c=GSAgrupAsset&cid=1077210868570&pagename=AboutAbbey%2FGSAgrupAsset%2FPAAI_direcNoExecCentre&printable=si |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2007 |title=Abbey National plc – Board Directors |accessdate=26 May 2007 }} He became Chairman of Marks and Spencer plc in 2006, after serving as Deputy chairman since 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.marksandspencer.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_ca_c_1_53288031_1/203-5755787-4922357?ie=UTF8&node=46012031&no=53288031&mnSBrand=core&me=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM |title=Marks and Spencer plc – Board Member Biographies |accessdate=26 May 2007}} Lord Burns was appointed as Chairman of Ofcom for a four-year term from 1 January 2018.
Professional
Lord Burns has been President of the Society of Business Economists since 1998, previously serving as Vice-President since 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbe.co.uk/admin/officers.htm |title=Society of Business Economists – SBE Officers |accessdate=26 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717065721/http://www.sbe.co.uk/admin/officers.htm |archivedate=17 July 2007 |url-status=dead }} He has been President of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research since 2003, previously serving as a Governor.{{cite web|url=http://www.niesr.ac.uk/staff/com.php |title=National Institute of Economic and Social Research – Council of Management |accessdate=26 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206135657/http://www.niesr.ac.uk/staff/com.php |archivedate=6 February 2007 |url-status=dead }} He is also a Fellow of the London Business School, and a Vice-President of the Royal Economic Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.res.org.uk/society/about.asp |title=Royal Economic Society – RES Council |accessdate=26 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625154154/http://www.res.org.uk/society/about.asp |archivedate=25 June 2007 }}
Other positions held
file:Lord Terence Burns and Sir John Ritblat.jpg
Lord Burns chaired the Government Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales in 1999–2000, was named Chairman of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra in 2001 after serving as a Trustee since 1998 and was appointed Chairman of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music in 2002 after being a Governor since 1998.
He was a non-executive director of Queens Park Rangers FC between 1996 and 2001. In 2004, he was appointed Chairman of the FA Structural Review by The Football Association, and delivered his Final Report on 12 August 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/StructualReview/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060326115321/http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/StructualReview/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2006 |title=The FA – The FA Structural Review |accessdate=26 May 2007}}
Personal life
The son of Patrick Owen Burns, a coalminer, and Doris Burns, he was born and brought up in the village of Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham, and educated at Houghton-le-Spring Grammar School and the University of Manchester, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1965. He has been married to Anne Elizabeth Powell since 1969. They have a son, two daughters and four grandchildren.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
Honours
He was knighted in the 1983 Birthday Honours,{{London Gazette |issue=49375 |date=10 June 1983 |page=1 |supp=y}} and was appointed to the Order of the Bath as a Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in the 1995 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=54066 |date=16 June 1995 |page=3 |supp=y}} In the 1998 Birthday Honours, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Burns, of Pitshanger in the London Borough of Ealing.{{London Gazette |issue=55204 |date=23 July 1998 |page=8043}}{{London Gazette |issue=24439 |date=24 July 1998 |page=2019 |city=e}} He sits as a crossbencher.{{cite news |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/minutes/980729/ldminute.htm |title=Minutes of Proceedings |date=29 July 1998 |accessdate=25 May 2007 |work=House of Lords Minutes and Order Paper}}
He holds honorary doctorates and professorships from five British universities.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
Works
- Britton, A., Randolph Quirk, Terence Burns, Peter Mathias, John Mason, The Interpretation and Use of Economic Predictions: Discussion, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 407, Issue 1832, (1986), 1986RSPSA.407..123B
- The UK Government's Financial Strategy (1988)
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{cite web |url=http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26832 |title=DodOnline |accessdate=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405044742/http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26832 |archivedate=5 April 2007 }}
External links
{{Portal|Biography|England|Business and economics}}
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- [https://archive.today/20130123113032/http://people.forbes.com/profile/burns/9839 Profile] at Forbes
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