BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:'Double standards: perspectives on life in public companies and pu blic office'. - Ken Olisa OBE DTSTART:20131107T180000Z DTEND:20131107T190000Z UID:TALK48192@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:34734 DESCRIPTION:At the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) he witnes sed how London and Astana behaved as one of Kazakhstan’s most valuable c ompanies went from hero to zero on the Stock Exchange. Simultaneously\, he was an inaugural board member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). Standing between the Westminster village and the elector ate\, they laboured to expunge the MPs’ expenses scandal from Britain’ s collective psyche.\n\nThis year’s Foundation Lecture draws on these ri ch seams of contemporary experience of governance and probity to distingui sh between self-delusion and hypocrisy in public life.\n\nThe lecture is f ree and open to all\, but places are limited and booking is essential. Book your p lace here >\;>\;\n\nKen Olisa OBE (Natural Sciences\, Social\, Pol itical and Management Sciences\, 1971) is an 1869 Fellow Benefactor of Fit zwilliam College. He started his career with IBM and Wang before setting u p listed technology merchant bank Interregnum and – more recently – Re storation Partners.\n\nThe annual Foundation Lecture was first given in 19 69\, to mark the centenary of the College’s foundation in 1869. LOCATION:Fitzwilliam College\, Cambridge END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR