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Getting Tony Blair as your adviser


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by Matthew Rock - Thursday, 10th January 2008

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The announcement this morning that former prime minister Tony Blair has bagged an advisory role at investment bank JP Morgan (for a reported £500,000 a year) begs an obvious question: how do I get one?

Who better to turn to for advice than our very own guru, John Timpson, regular Real Business columnist and chairman of the Timpson shoe-repair chain. According to Timpo, it all depends on what you want your non-executive to do. Here are his full thoughts.

Tags: jpmorgan, adviser, blair, tony blair, non-executive, john timpson, timpo, advisory, tony, jp morgan,

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