Sir Richard Clive Mottram, GCB

Order of the Bath

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 (born 23 April 1946) is chairman or board member of a number of private and public sector organisations, many with international links. He is chairman of the board of Amey PLC and of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl

Dstl

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), and a Board member of the International Advisory Board of GardaWorld, Ashridge Business School

Ashridge Business School

Ashridge Business School is an independent, non-profit making organisation, near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England. Its activities include open and tailored executive education programmes, MBA, MSc and Diploma qualifications, organisation consulting, applied research and online learning....

, and the Ditchley Foundation

Ditchley Foundation

The Ditchley Foundation is a British organisation based at Ditchley House near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, which aims to promote international relations, especially Anglo-American relations, through a programme of around fifteen annual conferences on matters of international interest...

. He is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

He was formerly a British civil servant, who retired in 2007 from his most recent senior post as Permanent Secretary

Permanent Secretary

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, Intelligence, Security and Resilience in the Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

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Mottram was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill school

King Edward VI Camp Hill

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys is a grammar school in Kings Heath, Birmingham for ages of 11 to 18 . One of the seven establishments of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, it is a voluntary aided school, with admission by selective exam...

 in Birmingham

Birmingham

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