The Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards

The Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards was hosted in 2011 by Lord Digby Jones.

Throughout his career Lord Digby Jones has travelled to over 70 markets across the world gaining a unique breadth of knowledge and experience.

Digby Jones was born into business. His graduation from University College London was followed by 20 years with Edge & Ellison, a Birmingham-based firm of lawyers, where he worked his way up from Articled Clerk to Senior Partner. During these years he was intimately involved in all aspects of business from running the firm “as a business” to recruiting and managing several hundred employees. It was here that he developed a vision of business and its role in society, and began to believe firmly in socially inclusive wealth creation.

In 2000 he joined the CBI and was able to put some of these ideas into action. During his six and a half years as Director General he became known in the public arena especially for his candid, forthright attitude in his many media appearances.

In 2005 he was knighted for his services to business and became Sir Digby Jones in the Queen’s New Years Honours List.

In July 2007 he was appointed Minister of State for UK Trade & Investment and became a life peer.  Now, in addition to his role as an active crossbencher in the House of Lords he serves and advises in a number of roles.

The next Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards will take place at The Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading on Thursday 22nd November 2012.