Recently I was asked to fill a high profile legal position for one of my clients.
But the agreement - or carve-up, as the Tories see it - between Labour and Lib Dem GLA members to vote the former's Trevor Phillips and the latter's Sally (Baroness) Hamwee as alternating chair and deputy chair of the assembly will give the party more of a high-profile position.
At the moment, one of the leading papabili, or papal contenders, is 71-year-old Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola, the archbishop of Milan, a high-profile position in the church.
Poland's central-bank governor is embracing the new demands of his high-profile post and using his position to lecture the government on its spending habits and urge caution on adopting the euro.
James Murdoch is giving up his last high-profile position in the UK, his chairmanship of British Sky Broadcasting.
After the 2001 election, he was moved to a less high profile role in the Cabinet Office, but retained the position of Deputy Prime Minister.
But many expect Kennedy, who considered seeking an appointment to the Senate from New York in 2009 but then withdrew her name from contention amid a flurry of publicity, to take up some high-profile position in the near future.
While it may not have the profile of jobs such as secretary of state or secretary of defense, the OMB position is a central part of a president's administration.
And despite more high-profile names such as the Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni being linked with the position, Celtic chairman John Reid insisted there was never anyone else in the frame.
"Given that Reliance has a strong credit profile and has been a regular issuer of senior dated bonds, they are in a position to issue perpetual bonds and capture low borrowing costs for the long term, " Mr. Thakur said.
He also said he had been given the position of immigration minister "to change perceptions" and raise the profile of the new points-based system - which he said was "tougher" and the biggest shake-up of immigration policy in 45 years.
The high profile elevation of Salman Khurshid as the new foreign minister - only the third Muslim to hold the position since Independence - is a deft nod to Congress's faith in India's plurality.
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