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Martin Walker (born 1947) is the Senior Director of the Global Business Policy Council (GBPC) at the management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and author of the popular 'Bruno' detective series set in the Périgord region of France. He has been a part of the GBPC since 1997 and was appointed as the Senior Director on 25 January 2007. ==Life== He was educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Balliol College, Oxford. Walker lives in Europe with his wife with whom he has two daughters. He was on the staff of ''The Guardian'' newspaper from around 1971 working in a variety of positions including bureau chief in Moscow and the United States, European editor and assistant editor. One of the unsuccessful candidates for the editorship of ''The Guardian'' in 1995, when Alan Rusbridger was appointed in succession to Peter Preston,〔Maggie Brown ("''Guardian'' names its new editor" ), ''The Independent'', 25 January 1995〕 Walker resigned in 1999 after 28 years with the newspaper.〔David Lister ("Veteran reporter quits ''Guardian''" ), ''The Independent'', 3 August 1999〕 Walker joined UPI in 2000. While at UPI he was also an international correspondent. He is now Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of United Press International. He also holds a variety of other positions including being a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.; a senior fellow of the World Policy Institute at The New School in New York; and the Board of Directors of the Global Panel Foundation (Berlin, Copenhagen, Prague, Sydney and Toronto). He is also a contributing editor of the ''Los Angeles Timess Opinion section and of ''Europe'' magazine. Walker also is a regular commentator on CNN, ''Inside Washington'', and NPR.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Walker (reporter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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