Mr Lawrence, who was a partner in Price Waterhouse before

Even as a new MP, she has got a much better grounding in the way that the Treasury and Number 10 work than most MPs who've been there a long time.' Chaplin: Good grounding IN BRIEF Man from the Pru Michael Lawrence, the Prudential's group finance director, is to be the next chairman of the 100 Group, the influential forum for finance directors from the UK's top public and private companies. He takes over this month from Hugh Collum, finance director of SmithKline Beecham, who has held the post for two years. Mr Lawrence, who was a partner in Price Waterhouse before joining the Pru in 1987, says that he has a full agenda. In addition to working closely with Government to ensure that fiscal and other financial policies do not create competition barriers for UK industry, he is making harmonisation of financial reporting a priority. This, he says, is to ensure that' major companies are able to access international capital markets on equal terms'. Travels off The Institute's Accountancy Travel

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