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Edward Bickham
Executive Vice President - External Affairs ,Anglo American PLC
Edward Bickham joined Anglo American plc as Executive Vice President, External Affairs, in April 2000. Prior to this he had been Deputy Chairman and Director of Strategy (Dec.1998-April 2000) and Managing Director, Corporate and Public Affairs (1993-2000) at Hill and Knowlton.
He served as Special Adviser to the Foreign Secretary (1990-93) during the Gulf War, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Maastricht Treaty negotiations. From 1985 until 1988 he was Special Adviser to the Home Secretary and to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1983-85). He was Director of Corporate Communications for British Satellite Broadcasting from 1988-1990. He graduated in law from St John’s College, Oxford (1974-77).
In 1983 he was awarded the Robert Schuman Silver Medal for services to European unity. He has written and lectured on Britain’s relationship with the European Union. He is a member of the Advisory Group of the London Office of the European Commission.
At Anglo American, he is responsible for overall communication strategy and stakeholder relations, corporate social responsibility, public policy issues and the Anglo American \'Good Citizenship\' business principles.
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