Victor Bulmer-Thomas
Victor Bulmer-Thomas (academic, deep state operative?, spook?) | ||||||||||||
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Born | 1948 London, UK | |||||||||||
Alma mater | New College (Oxford), St Antony's College (Oxford) | |||||||||||
Parents | Ivor Bulmer-Thomas | |||||||||||
Member of | Chatham House | |||||||||||
UK academic and Latin America specialist. Director at Chatham House from 2001 until 2006.
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Dr Victor Bulmer-Thomas CMG OBE is a British academic who specialised in Latin America and the Caribbean. He was a director at Chatham House from 2001 until 2006.[1]
Background
His father was the writer, politician and spook Ivor Bulmer-Thomas. Victor studied at New College, Oxford University for his undergraduate degree, where he obtained a first. In 1975 he graduated with a PhD from St Antony's College, Oxford, with a thesis on Costa Rica.
Career
From 1992 to 1998 he was Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at University of London.[1]
From 2001 to 2006 he was Director of Chatham House.[1]
He is the author or editor of some thirty books on the Americas.[2]
He was a non-executive director of the JP Morgan Brazil Investment Trust from 2010 to 2020.[1]