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Sir Andrew Thomas Cahn, KCMG (born 1 April 1951) is the Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the government organisation responsible for promoting British exports and attracting inward investment. He sits on the Boards of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Career
Cahn has held the following posts prior to his current role:
- 2000 – 2006 Director of Government and Industry Affairs, British Airways
- 1997 – 2000 Chef de Cabinet (Chief of Staff) to Neil Kinnock, Vice President of the European Commission
- 1995 – 1997 Deputy Head of European Secretariat, Cabinet Office
- 1992 – 1995 Principal Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. William Waldegrave MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and subsequently Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- 1988 – 1992 Head of Research Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- 1984 – 1988 Member of the Cabinet of Lord Cockfield, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the Single Market.
- 1982 – 1984 First Secretary, UK Representation to the European Communities
- 1979 – 1982 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- 1978 – 1979 Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- 1977 – 1978 UK Representation to the European Economic Community
- 1973 – 1977 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Personal life/family
Cahn is the son of one of the founders of Materials Science, Robert W. Cahn FRS. He was educated at Bedales School and then Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1st Cl. Hons).
He is married to Virginia Beardshaw, Chief Executive of I Can, the children's communications charity; they have one daughter and two sons.
Affiliations
Cahn is a trustee of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and of the Institute for Government. He was also a trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew where he was Chairman of their Audit Committee. He was formerly a non-executive director at Cadbury Ltd and a Governor of Bedales School.
Honours
Already a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), Cahn was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2009 New Year Honours List.[1]
