Andrew Gowers (born 1957) was appointed

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of the ''

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'' in October 2001. He resigned from this post in November 2005 citing "strategic differences". In March 2012 he was appointed Director of External Relations at the

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(AFME).

Education

Gowers was educated at the

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, an

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for boys in

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in the

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, followed by

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Gowers Review of Intellectual Property

On Friday, 2 December 2005, he was commissioned by

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to lead an independent review of

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rights in the UK, known as the

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. Amongst other things, this review was set up to consider the implications of extending the copyright on sound recordings in the UK.

Lehman Brothers

In June 2006 Gowers joined

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in London as head of corporate communications, and stayed until the late 2008 collapse of the firm — one of the key events of the

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. In December 2008, ''

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'' published his account of this period, in which he describes Lehman CEO Richard Fuld as "almost unbearably intense" and "insulated from the day-to-day realities of the firm".

BP

In Autumn 2009, Gowers joined BP as head of media relations, replacing his predecessor Roddy Kennedy. He was responsible for handling the oil company's media response to the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. He resigned from the position at the end of 2010.

Personal life

Gowers is married and has two children.

References

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