Clare Melford
Clare Melford was the CEO of the International Business Leaders Forum[1] from November 2010 until she stepped down in November 2012.
She graduated from Oxford University and trained as a management consultant at Marakon Associates. She worked as general manager for MTV Nordic for eight years.[2][3] She took a leadership role in the transition of the European Council on Foreign Relations to independent status from previously being a part of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation.[1]
She explained in a talk delivered to the Royal Society of Arts that it was while she was general manager of the Nordic region of MTV that she developed a critical understanding of how the media station provided a supportive selling environment for unsustainable lifestyles, which led to her giving up that position and becoming interested in Buddhism.[4]
References
- IBLF appoints Clare Melford as its new Chief Executive Archived 2013-04-15 at Archive.today, accessed December 18, 2012
- "Nordic chief leaves MTV" kampanje.com 1/2/2007
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Four Thought Series 3, BBC, broadcast Radio 4 May 2, 2012