Keith Palmer
Biography
Current Interests
Keith currently holds a portfolio of positions including:
- Founder and Chairman of Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA)
- Founder and Chairman of Infraco Ltd
- Founder and Chairman of AgDevCo
- Senior Associate at Nuffield Trust
- Treasurer and Trustee of Cancer Research UK
- Trustee at Kirkhouse Trust
- Member of UK Department of Energy and Climate Change Capital Markets Climate Initiative Steering Group
- Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
For more about these organisations visit the useful links page.
Former Positions
In reverse order.
Chairman, Barts and the London NHS Trust (2007-2009). Chairman, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (2001-2007). Non-executive Director, GuarantCo (2004-2007). Senior Associate, Kings Fund (2005-2010). Non-executive Director, Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (2001-2007). Non-executive Director, IVIMEDS (2001-2008). Project Board member, SE London Service Redesign and Sustainability Board (now A Picture of Health) (2004-2007). Chairman, Action Health (1994-2001).
1984-2002
N.M.Rothschild & Sons Ltd. Held senior positions in Corporate Finance including in reverse order Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Executive and Managing Director. Created and led for many years the energy, mining and utilities corporate and project finance advisory business. Leadership role in restructuring and privatisation of energy utilities and oil, gas and mining companies. From 2002-2008 non-executive Vice Chairman at Rothschild.
1979-1984
World Bank Energy Department Senior Economist advising developing country governments on energy policies particularly the terms of petroleum agreements with international oil companies.
1978-1979
International Monetary Fund Fiscal Affairs Department. Economist, reviewing and advising governments on macro- and micro-financial policies, particularly efficient taxation of the extractive industries (mining, upstream oil and gas).
1978
Ministry of Water, Energy and Mines, Tanzania. Commonwealth Secretariat adviser to the Minister on mineral agreements with foreign mining companies.
1974-1978
Government of Papua New Guinea, Ministry of Finance. Held positions of First Assistant Secretary (Economic and Financial Policy) and Assistant Secretary(Financial Policy). Responsible in former position for all aspects of economic and financial policy, including fiscal, tax, monetary, exchange rate and investment policies.
1971-1973
NATO Post-Doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Lamont Doherty Geophysical Observatory, Columbia University, New York and University of Santiago, Chile.
Education B.Sc(Hons) Class 1 and Natural Sciences Prize winner, Geology University of Birmingham, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Geology, University of Birmingham, 1971; Diploma in Development Economics, University of Cambridge, 1974.