John Howell OBE MP - (Con, Henley)
John Howell OBE is a British politician and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Henley, having won the seat with an increased share of the vote in the 2008 Henley by-election.
Howell holds a doctorate in archaeology and worked as a Tax Inspector (1982-1985) for the Inland Revenue before moving into the world of accountancy and consultancy as a tax adviser at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. He became a partner in Ernst & Young in 1990 and was responsible for opening the Eastern European office after the fall of communism. He has also been a presenter for BBC World and a councillor at Oxfordshire County Council.
In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for "services to Export in Central and Eastern Europe."
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