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The Reuter Society

Henry Manisty

Tuesday 2 December 2008

Henry Manisty, global head of government and regulatory affairs - Marrying the MD’s Secretary, and other Reuter survival techniques: Manisty’s four lessons for survival learned during a career that has taken him on assignment from London to Buenos Aires, Geneva, Lisbon, Brussels and Hong Kong:

  • You need supporters in high places.
  • Train as a barrister but don’t continue as a barrister.
  • Find a problem where you can sound as though you are indispensable.
  • Marry the MD’s secretary.