Charles Henry Plumb

Charles Henry Plumb
Born	1925-03-27
Party	Conservatives, European Democrats
President of the European Parliament  In office January 1987 - July 1989  Member of the European Parliament for Cotswolds In office 7 June 1979 - 10 June 1999 Succeeded by Timothy Kirkhope, Linda McAvan, Diana Wallis

Lord Charles Henry Plumb is a lobbyist with the Brussels-based lobby firm Alber and Geiger (since 2007) and a Member of the House of Lords, Westminster, London. He was President of the European Parliament (1987-89), former Co-President ACP/EU Joint Assembly (1994-99), Honorary Member of the European Parliament (1999-present), and speaker for agriculture. Former President of the National Farmers Union, President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England and Chairman of the International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food & Trade.

He holds Honorary Doctors of Science from the Cranfield Institute of Technology, the De Montfort University and the Silsoe College of Technology, an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Warwick and an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Gloucestershire.

Background

Founding partner of Alber & Geiger, Geiger said: "We're the first lobbying-focused law firm in Europe and we're following the lobbying law model from Washington [DC]." Also on its website Alber & Geiger claims that "[…] many important political ties were forged from our professionals’ earlier government and parliament experience […]".

Former positions

• Lloyds TSB, director early 1990s
• Fisons PLC,
• Banbury Marts LTD,
• Novalal LTD.

Resources

• Alber & Geiger, About Us, accessed 12 January 2010.
• Alber & Geiger, Who We Are, accessed 12 January 2010.
• Berris, Julia, "Cassidy splits to form Brussels lobby firm," The Lawyer, 16 April 2007, accessed 12 January 2010.

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