Henry von Blumenthal is the editor of The Companion to British History (published both by Routledge and Longcross Press). From 1996 to 2000 he advised the City of Moscow Treasury; then he worked for the Saxe-Coburg government of Bulgaria on capital market development before joining the European Investment Bank (EIB). At the EIB he was, first, in charge of various Eastern European Currency Treasuries; then he became for several years the chief Spokesman for the Bank’s 5000 staff; and finally he was Deputy and then Acting Dean of the Bank’s philanthropic arm, the EIB Institute, from 2016-2023.