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TOUGH AT THE TOP

OUT: NEW MEDIA
JIMMY LEACH, 42
FREUD COMMUNICATIONS, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL
The man who transformed the No 10 website from clunky to buzzy under Tony Blair and headed the Prime Minister's digital PR operation has quit to join Matthew Freud's PR firm.

IN: POLITICS
JOHN KINGMAN, 38
SECOND PERMANENT SECRETARY AT HM TREASURY
The ex-Financial Times journalist has done everything of any importance at the Treasury, including a stint as press secretary to the Chancellor. He also played a role in the rescue of Northern

ON THE UP

FILM
IVAN DUNLEAVY, 48
PINEWOOD SHEPPERTON, CEO
He's overseen the plans to turn Pinewood Studios into a facility to rival Hollywood. The £200 million project includes building vast sets of Venetian canals, New York streets and Chinatown. If it succeeds, its impact on Britain's film industry could be immense.

WOBBLER
FINANCE
BOB DIAMOND, 56
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, PRESIDENT
The City was reassured that BarCap's losses on US sub-prime were less than feared but £1.3bn is still an awful lot and job cuts seem likely. Given the global credit squeeze, it's hard to predict any good news for BarCap. But any more horrors and the one-time wunderkind could be a goner.

ON THE MONEY

POLITICS
GEORGE OSBORNE, 36
SHADOW CHANCELLOR
The man we tipped has scooped politician of the year at the Spectator magazine awards, his dispatch box verve increasingly admired.

NEW ON THE LIST

LEGAL
CLARE MONTGOMERY QC, 49
The fearsomely bright barrister who steered the successful prosecution of the Met in connection with the shooting of Charles de Menezes.

MAKING THE RIGHT NOISES

EDUCATION
MALCOLM GRANT, 60
PROVOST, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
The university has made the world's top 10 and he's agreed to helm Camden's first city academy.

ENVIRONMENT
BRUCE ELLIOTT
CLEAR OFFSET, FOUNDER
The first carbon offsetting company to target London commuters. Offset your bus, Tube and even bicycle journeys with UN-approved carbon credits.

GROWING IMPACT

NEW MEDIA
NATALIE BANCROFT, 27
London opera singer and member of the family who just sold the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch. She now represents her family on the News Corporation board.