Douglas Trainer was President of the
National Union of Students of the United Kingdom (NUS) from 1996 to 1998, having served the previous two years as President of
NUS Scotland, winning both as the
Labour Students candidate.
He went on to work for, and become a partner in
public relations
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company
Luther Pendragon
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History
Founded in 1992 by media journalist George Pitcher and television journalist Charles Stewart-Smith, and so named due to Pitcher's interest in Ar ...
, and in 2006 became a special adviser for the
Scottish Executive.
Scottish Parliament website
Since Labour
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* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
's defeat in the Scottish Parliament election, 2007
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, Trainer has worked for Serco as Communications Director for their Civil Government Business and is now working for Newham Council. He recently separated from government headhunter Andrea Bainger.
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Presidents of the National Union of Students (United Kingdom)