Lord David Triesman is a Group Director at Salamanca Group, responsible for developing new business opportunities. He brings a wealth of commercial experience and a career in politics.  Currently, he the Chairman of Wildfox Resorts sits as a non-executive director at Havin Bank (Havana International Bank) and Gravity. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Advisory Board at Templewood Merchant Bank, a Board Member of Wembley National Stadium, Chairman of the Football Association and was a member of an Advisory Board at UBS.. He also sits on the Board of Trustees for Bounce Forward, a UK based education charity. In political life, Lord Triesman was responsible for the Prime Minister’s political organisation (2001-2004) and has served as Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; and later in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills; and held ministerial and official opposition roles in Energy, Business and Higher Education and Europe.

Read David’s latest contribution to the Group newsletter: Changing State: Cuba’s international relations with UK, EU and US