Lord John Browne

Former Conservative Member of the English Parliament, historian, economist and graduate of the Harvard Business School, John Browne is a weekly business columnist for The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. As a senior investment strategist for Euro Pacific Capital he writes and lectures on politics, economics and finance both domestically and internationally. His topics include government economic and defense policy, terrorism, Fed monetary action, the European Union, and currency debasement including the euro and gold.

John Browne has longstanding practical experience in the financial markets of New York and London and as a former British army officer. A graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, his public duties included St. James’s and Buckingham Palaces, HM Tower of London and the Bank of England. He is well versed in the monarchy and its ability to maintain the crucial element of mass popularity in modern times. An exciting public speaker, he appears regularly on CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox News, Al- Jazeera America, Fox Business News, Newsmax TV, Canadian Broadcasting Co., BNN and China TV

Lectured at various economic, financial and political conferences in many parts of the world, including the Kremlin, Hong Kong and Switzerland. Audiences included Harvard University; Harvard Business School; MIT; Cambridge University; Federal Reserve Board of Philadelphia; Morgan Stanley; YPO; the Council on Foreign Relations (NY); Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs; Heritage Foundation; Four Arts Society, Palm Beach; White House Outreach Program; USMA West Point; USNA; USAFA; Volvo Financial Conference; MasterCard; American Express and the Mexican Ministry of Finance . In Parliament for some thirteen years, John served on the Treasury Select Committee; elected Secretary of the Conservative Defense and Finance Committees; and elected Chairman of the Conservative Small Business Committee. Work involved many national leaders including President Reagan, King Faisal and Communist Party Secretary Gorbachev. In 1985, he briefed Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that, contrary to popular belief, Gorbachev likely would become leader of the Soviet Union.

For six years, he was a Visiting Fellow of the Heritage Foundation in DC. Graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Grenadiers of the Royal Guard. Served as a pilot, parachutist and communications specialist. Posted to British Guiana, Cyprus and Germany. In London, participated on major State occasions, including responsibility for the pallbearers at the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. Retired as a Major.

Received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his MSc from Cranfield Institute of Technology. In 1969, joined Morgan Stanley & Co as an investment banker on Wall Street after working for some two months as a cowboy on a working ranch in Wyoming.

Served on U.S./UK boards including a commercial bank, an investment bank, an investment trust, a newspaper, a television company, a hospital and as governor of Southampton University and of Malvern College.