Michael Lubbock

March 31, 1906 (age 82)

From 1927 to 1943 he had his first job in a London merchant bank. And then became executive assistant to the Governor of the Hudson"s Bay Company, spending 1936/37 at the Canadian head office and travelling extensively throughout Canada, including the Western Arctic. He fought in World World War II, where he was mentioned in despatches three times. He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Royal Signals (Territorial Army). He was decorated with the Order of George I. in January 1947. He left United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in June to join the newly formed United Nations Appeal for Children, which he managed and developed in fourteen European countries in 1947/48. When the Appeal was brought to an end, he became a full-time director of the Bank of London and South America. During 1948–1959 he travelled each year throughout Latin America, visiting the bank"s branches. In 1960, he was asked to be the Executive Deputy Chairman of the Peruvian Corporation, a British company which ran the two major railways of Peru, later living in Peru in 1965-1968. In 1968, Lubbock returned to Canada to create the Canadian Association for Latin America, a centre of research, information and guidance to Canadian companies and others wishing to develop their interests in Latin America, and a growing link with Latin American governments and businessmen. He was its Executive Director until 1976.

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Lubbock was educated in Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford, England. He graduated from Cambridge University with the degree of Master of Arts in philosophy, political history and economics.

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From 1927 to 1943 he had his first job in a London merchant bank. And then became executive assistant to the Governor of the Hudson"s Bay Company, spending 1936/37 at the Canadian head office and travelling extensively throughout Canada, including the Western Arctic. He fought in World World War II, where he was mentioned in despatches three times.

He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Royal Signals (Territorial Army).

He was decorated with the Order of George I.

in January 1947. He left United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in June to join the newly formed United Nations Appeal for Children, which he managed and developed in fourteen European countries in 1947/48.

When the Appeal was brought to an end, he became a full-time director of the Bank of London and South America. During 1948–1959 he travelled each year throughout Latin America, visiting the bank"s branches.

In 1960, he was asked to be the Executive Deputy Chairman of the Peruvian Corporation, a British company which ran the two major railways of Peru, later living in Peru in 1965-1968.

In 1968, Lubbock returned to Canada to create the Canadian Association for Latin America, a centre of research, information and guidance to Canadian companies and others wishing to develop their interests in Latin America, and a growing link with Latin American governments and businessmen. He was its Executive Director until 1976.

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He was invested as Member of the British Empire in 1942. In 1945/46, after reaching the rank of Colonel in the British Army, he became head of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Mission (health, refugees, children, social welfare). And moved to United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration European headquarters in London for six months, before becoming the first paid staff member of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in Washington, District of Columbia

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