8 March 2005

DUBAI -- Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) announced yesterday that it has appointed Earl of Home to its board.

Lord Home, son of the former British prime minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home has held both senior business and senior political posts. His business career has encompassed the chairmanship of Morgan Grenfell International, a directorship of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, chairmanship of Coutts, the famous private bank, and a directorship of MAN Ltd., the UK subsidiary of MAN AG of Germany. Lord Home, aged 61, has also been a Trade & Industry spokesman for the Conservative Party in the UK House of Lords.

BY A STAFF REPORTER

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