Sir lobbyist for Saudi monarchy

"However, Saudi Arabia suffers from a series of prejudices. Prime among these are an impression that it is an absolute monarchy ruled by gerontocrats prone to blocking reform. Sir Sherard was keen to puncture these myths.  “There are images of Saudi Arabia instead of information, stereotypes instead of statistics, prejudice instead of plain facts,” he said.  The kingdom is making progress, said Sir Sherard. When he left Saudi Arabia, the kingdom ranked 38 in the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking – in the four following years it leapt from 38th to 11th."  (thanks Sultan)