John Gerson Explained

John Gerson was deputy head of MI6. He studied Art History at the University of Freiburg and then went to King's College, Cambridge.[1] He went to India on the Commonwealth Expedition (COMEX) in 1965.

He was HM Consul in Beijing from 1974 to 1977 and interpreted for and advised Margaret Thatcher on China.[2] Later he worked as a consultant in Brazil, Tanzania, and North Korea and was an Associate Member of University College London's Centre for the Study of Socialist Legal Systems.[1] [3] In 1992, he was visiting fellow in East Asian studies at Princeton University.[1]

In 2001, he left MI6 and joined BP as a senior political adviser; he became their Head of Government and Public Affairs[4] from 2007 to 2012.[5] He joined the company in 2000.[6] Gerson also chaired BP China Ltd and BP South East Asia Ltd.

On 24 April 2012, he has been appointed in the Board of Directors of the Handeni Gold Inc., a mineral exploration company which is mainly active in Tanzania.[7] [8]

He became CMG im 1999. He is a bird-watcher.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: King's College London - Gerson, John. https://web.archive.org/web/20150916001001/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/policy-circle/gerson.aspx. 16 September 2015.
  2. Web site: The team of Ridgeway . 30 July 2019 . ridgeway-information.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20190730091213/https://www.ridgeway-information.com/our-team . 30 July 2019 . live.
  3. Book: Stephen Dorril . Stephen Dorril . MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service . registration . 797 . 30 July 2019 . Simon and Schuster . 9780743217781 . 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050530082236/https://cryptome.org/mi6/mi6-restored.htm . 30 May 2005 . live.
  4. Web site: Maurice . Chittenden . Nicholas . Rufford . The Sunday Times: MI6 'Firm' Spied on Green Groups . corpwatch.org. 17 June 2001 . 30 July 2019 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231427/https://royaldutchshellplc.com/2001/06/17/the-sunday-times-mi6-firm-spied-on-green-groups/ . 27 September 2007 . live.
  5. News: Former MI6 officer gets top post at BP. Richard Norton-Taylor. 8 May 2000. The Guardian.
  6. Web site: John Henry Cary Gerson . people.equilar.com . 30 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190730075025/https://people.equilar.com/bio/john-gerson-handeni-gold-inc/1147389/ . 30 July 2019 . live.
  7. Web site: Handeni Gold 10K public submission of 2012 . txt . 31 May 2012 . 30 July 2019 . . https://archive.today/20190730084358/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297223/000106299312003255/0001062993-12-003255.txt . 30 July 2019 . live .
  8. Web site: Handeni Gold appoints new board member . 24 April 2012 . 30 July 2019 . en . handenigold.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120512054222/https://www.handenigold.com/handeni-gold-appoints-new-board-member-1/ . 12 May 2012 . live.

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