Nick Butler

Butler was educated at Blackpool Grammar School, and graduated in economics from Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1977). He joined the British oil firm BP in 1977, ultimately becoming group vice president for strategy and policy development from 2002 to 2006. He is a vice president of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival and a member and chairman of the executive committee of the Athenaeum. He contributes to the Financial Times on energy and power and for the Nikkei Asian Review. He is a vice president of the Fabian Society. ==Publications==

• European Universities – Renaissance or Decay (with Richard Lambert, 2006) • The International Grain Trade (1985) • The IMF – Time for Reform (1982) ==References==