Leadership under pressure

Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller

Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller

13 November 2012

Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller of Northampton, Director General of MI5 (2002-7) and currently Chair of Council at Imperial College London, visited Aberystwyth University on 7th November in order to deliver the Annual Lecture of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies (CIISS).  
The lecture, the ninth in the series, was given to staff and students of Aberystwyth University who were joined by a number of invited guests in the Main Hall of the Department of International Politics. 

During her lecture, Eliza Manningham-Buller provided a personal account of the issues which faced her as the head of the UK’s Security Service and then generously answered a range of questions from the audience. 

The lecture was followed by a wine reception at which Eliza Manningham-Buller rubbed shoulders and chatted with the audience (especially with the many students in attendance). 

Dr R. Gerald Hughes, Director of the CIISS, commented: “We are delighted that Eliza Manningham-Buller accepted our invitation to deliver this year’s annual lecture.  It was a wonderful occasion and we are delighted that so many of our friends and colleagues from across the university could join us. 

“Eliza Manningham-Buller’s lecture was the ninth in the series and, having delivered the CIISS Annual Lecture, she joins a list of luminaries that include Sir Stephen Lander, Professor Keith Jeffery, Sir Michael Quinlan, Sir David Omand, Lord (Robin) Butler, Lord (George) Robertson and Lord (Peter) Hennessy.” 
 
Professor April McMahon, Vice-Chancellor, who hosted the lecture alongside University President Sir Emyr Jones-Parry, commented: “The University was very pleased to welcome Eliza Manningham-Buller to the Department of International Politics.  We were extremely grateful to her for sharing her experience and knowledge on the challenges which faced her as a leader, and for such an engaging presentation.  I know that I, along with the students and staff who attended the lecture found her candid approach particularly inspiring.”

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