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James Purnell
@jimpurnell
Chief Executive, Flint Global
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flint-global.com
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    James Purnell
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    Aug 26, 2022
    Replying to @RobBurl and @DAaronovitch
    In June 2020, so a month after the Cummings intro, the BBC Board decided that in my case politics should exclude. Tim Davie had offered me a job on the Board, but the non-execs decided they didn’t want someone with a Labour background.
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    James Purnell
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    Sep 9, 2022
    The Queen had a great dry sense of humour. I got to escort her through the Treasury once. The corridors had all been spruced up for her visit. "I do love the smell of fresh paint", she said, as we wandered through....
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    James Purnell
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    Sep 13, 2023
    The creative industries are a British strength. But their future is in jeopardy. 9 out of 10 creative businesses struggle to attract highly skilled talent. The number of students taking arts GCSE has fallen by 40%. At @UAL, we've launched a Commission to see what can be done
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    James Purnell
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    Mar 18, 2024
    Listen. This is brilliant. And properly revelatory.
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    Tortoise
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    Feb 27, 2024
    🎧 Out today – Who Trolled Amber? Was Amber Heard targeted by an organised trolling campaign in her US trial against Johnny Depp? If so… who was responsible for it? Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts: lnk.to/WhoTrolledAmber @AlexiMostrous | @XAMGreenwood
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    James Purnell
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    Jun 19, 2024
    Some career news. In Oct I'll be joining @flintglobal as Chief Exec. I'll miss colleagues and students at UAL, but am confident I'm leaving them in a strong position. I'm delighted to be joining Flint, a global consultancy advising on policy, politics, regulation & competition
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    Flint
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    Jun 19, 2024
    We are delighted to announce the appointment of James Purnell @jimpurnell as our new Flint CEO, joining us on 1 Oct. His wide experience and leadership will help us further strengthen and grow our service to clients around the world. Full announcement: bit.ly/4erzn1r
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    James Purnell
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    Oct 23, 2020
    I'm delighted to be joining the stellar team at UAL. A famous set of colleges and a great tradition, which I’m humbled and excited to lead. I’m going to start by listening to what our students, staff and stakeholders want from us next and look forward to working with them all.
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    University of the Arts London
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    Oct 23, 2020
    James Purnell has been appointed President & Vice-Chancellor of UAL, succeeding Sir Nigel Carrington in the role after 7 years at the BBC. James joins UAL on 1 March 2021 as President Elect for a month-long transition period with Sir Nigel: bit.ly/3mfbiPv
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    James Purnell
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    May 4, 2022
    Our first @ual in-person graduations for three years. The smiles. Wow. Nothing like it.
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    James Purnell
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    Jun 18, 2020
    BBC Sounds leads the way…. According to a report from @risj_oxford, BBC Sounds is used by the highest proportion of #podcast listeners in the UK, ahead of Apple and Spotify (p27) #PSB
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    James Purnell
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    Sep 29, 2023
    VPR is a girls' football team (my daughter plays for them). Pls read the statement below - the club state that they had booked an astro pitch for the older girls to train on Thursdays, but have been locked out in favour of a casual boys' team. I thought we were past this....
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    James Purnell
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    May 2, 2017
    Brian Cox relaunching Tomorrow's World just now. Huge partnership to engage public in science.
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    James Purnell
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    May 14, 2021
    I'm seeing lots of orgs asking staff to come back a specific number of days a week. At UAL, we don't feel we know enough to give that kind of guidance, so we're asking them to experiment and learn. This is a social change, not just a switch in locations .
    Return to what?
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    James Purnell
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    Aug 26, 2022
    Replying to @jimpurnell @RobBurl and 2 others
    In the BBC’s case, part of the answer to Emily Maitlis’ concerns is getting to the root cause of that caution: namely that the Government of the day has almost untrammelled power over setting the licence fee and reviewing the Charter.
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    James Purnell
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    Mar 31, 2021
    To celebrate my first official day leading UAL, here's the view from the 8th floor of our LCF building - £150m of investment in East London.  The team have adapted to working under social distancing, and are adding a floor every 3 to 4 weeks.
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    James Purnell
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    Aug 26, 2022
    Replying to @DAaronovitch and @RobBurl
    Don’t know which non-execs - arguably it was a legitimate part of their role as a unitary board. I don’t think it was political, about supporting one party. It was institutional - a moment of fear and vulnerability. So we need to make the institution less vulnerable to politics