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Independent advisor & panel
biographiesLord (Terry) Burns
Chairman of Abbey National and a former Permanent Secretary to the TreasuryLord Burns has been Chairman of Abbey National plc since 2002. He is also Chairman of Glas Cymru Ltd (Welsh Water) and a non-executive director of Pearson Group plc and British Land plc. He was Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury from 1991 to 1998 and was Chairman of the Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in 2000 and Chairman of the National Lottery Commission from 2000 to 2001. He graduated with a BA in economics from the University of Manchester before joining the London Business School in 1965. He became Professor of Economics there in 1979. He was appointed Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury and Head of the Government Economic Service in 1980, before becoming Permanent Secretary. Lord Burns was made a Life Peer when he stepped down from the Treasury in 1998. He is Chairman of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music. He is married with one son and two daughters.