Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes
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The Right Honourable The Lord Carter of Barnes CBE |
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Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting |
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In office 10 October 2008 – 23 July 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Margaret Hodge |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Follett |
| Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
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In office 23 January 2008 – 10 October 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Tom Scholar |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Heywood |
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| Born | 12 February 1964 |
| Political party | Labour |
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University of Aberdeen, London Business School, Harvard Business School |
Stephen Andrew Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes, CBE (born 12 February 1964), is a Scottish businessman and politician who served as the Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting from 2008 to 2009, and was also the Downing Street Chief of Staff under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Born in Scotland, Carter was educated at Currie High School, Edinburgh. From 1982-87 he studied a law degree at the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated with LLB Hons and was the student president in 1985-86. He completed the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 1997. He is currently the Group Chief Executive of Informa, an information and conference company.
He was MD & CEO J. Walter Thompson in UK & Ireland. From 2000 - 2003, Carter served as the MD & COO of UK cable TV company NTL. The Group was required, given market conditions, to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which required a complete restructuring of the UK & Ireland business, and the subsequent takeover of the business by a group of previous bondholders. He presided over the bankruptcy protection proceedings of NTL, which at the time had debts of £12bn. Carter left NTL at the end of 2002 as the Group was poised to exit Chapter 11, with a payoff of £1.7m in compensation, including a £600,000 bonus. The company resolved a class action lawsuit brought by shareholders by paying out $9 Million in compensation in late 2007.
From 2003 - 2007, Carter served as the founding CEO of Ofcom. After a brief period back in the private sector with the private advisory firm Brunswick, he returned to public life as Chief of Strategy for Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and then as Minister for Communications, Technology & Broadcasting, where he commissioned and wrote The Digital Britain Report, and the follow on Digital Economy Act 2010.
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