Burnham himself is almost certainly an intelligence asset: not only is he a member of the WEF, but - after graduating from Cambridge University in the 1991 - he has a significant gap on his CV where he claims he was unable to find a job. A Cambridge degree 35 years ago (at a time when only about 15% of the population went to university at all, never mind a top tier institution like Cambridge) was basically a golden ticket to walk into the industry of your choice, so this is not an especially convincing story. Far more likely that Mr Burnham was engaged in something during this period of “unemployment” that he prefers not to publicly convey, such as intelligence training. Indeed, he was able to complete a three-month unpaid internshipapparently directly after this “unemployment” period had elapsed, replete with lengthy commute, so he must have been getting money from somewhere. The dole? Maybe. Or maybe not.
