Honorary President
Professor Margaret MacMillan OM CC CH
Margaret MacMillan is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Toronto and an Emeritus Professor of International History at Oxford University, acclaimed author and expert on WW1 and its aftermath.
Honorary Members of Advisory Panel
Professor David Anderson
Professor of African History, University of Warwick, political scientist and authority on eastern Africa.
Dame Nicola Brewer
Former High Commissioner to South Africa, former Vice Provost (International), UCL.
Professor Michael Clarke
Former Director-General, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), international defence expert, specialist adviser to the Joint National Committee on Security Strategy.
Bill Emmott
Former Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, author and film-maker, former Chair of International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Sir Brian Fender
Former Chief Executive of HEFC and former Vice-Chancellor, Keele University.
Professor Ian Goldin
Founding Director of the Oxford Martin School, Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford, former Vice President of the World Bank.
Isabel Hilton OBE
China expert, journalist, writer, founding Editor of Chinadialogue and authority on China's environmental concerns.
Lord Simon McDonald
Former Head of the Diplomatic Service, former Ambassador, Head of Christ's College Cambridge, and active crossbench life peer.
David Marsh CBE
Managing Director of OMFIF, monetary expert, writer on international political, economic and monetary issues.
Prof Dame Henrietta Moore
Founder and Director of UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, a distinguished anthropologist and Africa expert, now focussing on global sustainable futures.
Professor Rana Mitter FBA
S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School and renowned expert on the modern history of China.
Professor Anand Menon
Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King's College London, Director of UK in a Changing Europe.
Rt. Hon Sir Stephen O'Brien
Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and diplomat, politician, business leader.
Jonathon Porritt CBE
Eminent writer and campaigner on sustainable development, co-Founder of Forum for the Future, former Chancellor Keele University.
Lord Rees of Ludlow OM FRS
Martin Rees is former Astronomer Royal and a former President of the Royal Society. A cosmologist and astrophysicist, renowned author and speaker on the impact of science on society.
Professor Paul Rogers
Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, author and columnist at openDemocracy.net.
Sir Nigel Sheinwald GCMG
Former UK ambassador to the European Union and to the USA, and Foreign Policy and Defence Adviser to the Prime Minister, former Chair of Chatham House (RIIA).
Dr Gillian Tett OBE
British author and journalist, member of the editorial board for the Financial Times, Provost of King's College, Cambridge.
