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	Frances Pinter PhD Founder of Pinter Publishers Publishing Director – the Soros Foundation CEO International House Trust Researcher at Oxford University and the London School of Economics

At the age of 23, was the first woman to establish her own publishing company in the UK.  Pinter Publishers became a leader in the social sciences.  Also founded the environmental studies imprint Belhaven Press and acquired the humanities imprint Leicester University Press.

Subsequently, was invited by philanthropist and financier George Soros to devise multi-million dollar programmes supporting publishing and education in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism.

Frances Pinter has extensive international experience as an entrepreneur and leader in the commercial and non-profit sectors. She has established companies, and advised others how to set up new operations and transform existing ones.

Recently she was CEO of International House Trust, which owns a premier language school in London and holds a 50% share of International House World Organisation Ltd., an affiliated network of 140 language schools in over 40 countries.

Frances is currently Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. She has acted as consultant to Creative Commons and is now conducting a research project on alternative licencing practices in developing countries.

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