BRL has extensive international experience across all sectors, ranging from, inter alia, mining, oil and gas, water, banking (groups and subsidiaries), insurance and investment, pharmaceuticals and med-tech, telecoms, property, building and construction, engineering, shipping, paper and packaging, food retail, travel and leisure, entertainment, publishing, and gambling.
Public sector experience includes mutuals and partnerships, Government agencies and departments, regulators, universities, housing associations and charities, as well as private equity and international Boards based in Europe, the USA and Asia.
Dr Tracy Long is the founder of BRL, established in 2004. She is an Advisory Director and member of the NomCo of Carnegie Hall, a Trustee of the Windsor Leadership Trust, and a participant in Speakers for Schools. She was awarded the CBE in 2016 for services to governance in the public and private sectors, the Keith MacMillan Prize for her doctoral research, an HonARAM for her contribution to the Royal Academy of Music, and a Cass fellowship.
Tracy advises the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, where she was Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee, and a member of the RemCo until 2016. She was a founding director of Avalon Productions and Classic FM, retiring from the Board of Nesta (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) in 2010. She has advised the Cabinet Office on the evaluation of departmental & ministerial boards, and contributed to the Civil Service Reform Plan.
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