Getting Tony Blair as your adviser

News out this morning that fTony Blair has picked up his first advisory role at JPMorgan. So how do you get top-notch advisory input?

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.