Lord Patten
Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Patten to be a business ambassador.
Also appointed as an ambassador was JCB excavators boss Sir Anthony Bamford.
The 32 unpaid ambassadors will “bang the drum” for Britain with their worldwide business and academic contacts.
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