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Robert Haldane Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin KT (born 8 August 1944 at Glasgow) is a British businessman and former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation.〔(Lord Smith of Kelvin ) UK Parliament〕 Smith was knighted in 1999, appointed to the House of Lords as an independent cross-bench peer in 2008, and appointed Knight of the Thistle in 2013."〔(Lord Smith of Kelvin ) The Smith Commission, 27 November 2014〕 Lord Smith of Kelvin serves as Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde〔(Chancellor ) University of Strathclyde〕 and Chair of the British Government-backed Green Investment Bank. On 19 September 2014, he was appointed as Chair of the newly-formed Scotland Devolution Commission by Prime Minister David Cameron, following the "No" result in the Scottish independence referendum; his role being to oversee devolution commitments spelt out by the Westminster parliamentary leaders, with initial proposals drawn up by November 2014.〔(Scottish Independence Referendum: statement by the Prime Minister ) GOV.UK, 19 September 2014〕 ==Early life== Smith grew up in the Maryhill district of Glasgow and was educated at Allan Glen's School, Glasgow.〔(Scottish referendum: Who is Lord Smith of Kelvin? ) BBC News, 19 September 2014〕 After leaving school in 1963, Smith failed his first-year English exams at the University of Glasgow.〔(Profile: Lord Smith of Kelvin ) The Independent, 28 November 2014〕 He turned to a career in accountancy and was articled to Robb Ferguson & Company and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1968.〔(A cliffhanger of an end to a classic Scottish detective story – Part 3: The blameless board ) Scottish Review, 24 November 2011〕 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「Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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