The British Overseas Trade Board was an export promotion agency of the UK Department of Trade and Industry from 1972 to 1988. It was set up in 1972 to replace the British Export Board.'The Penguin Dictionary of Economics' George Bannock, R. E. Baxter and Evan Davis. 5th Edition. Penguin Books 1992.
Chairmen Lord Thorneycroft 1972–1975 Sir Frederick Catherwood 1975–1979 Earl of Limerick 1979–1983 Earl Jellicoe 1983–1987 Sir James Cleminson, 1987–1988
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