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Anthony Browne Anthony Browne - Advisory Board Member
Anthony Browne has worked for the Mayor of London since October 2008. As well as giving general policy advice to the Mayor, he leads on economic and business policy. He has responsibility in the Mayor's office for the London Development Agency, and is an LDA Board member. He was previously director of Policy Exchange, the largest centre-right think tank in Europe. He was an award winning national journalist for nearly twenty years, having been economics correspondent of the BBC and Observer, health editor of the Observer, and Europe correspondent and chief political correspondent of the Times. He has written a wide range of publications, mainly for think tanks, including Civitas, the Adam Smith Institute, Localis, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Social Market Foundation. He has written on issues ranging from the European single currency, social evils, NHS reform, consumer policy, environment and welfare reform. His publication “Do we need mass immigration?” won Prospect Magazine’s Think Tank Publication of the Year award. Anthony has a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, and lives in London with his wife and two children.

Bishop John Inge Bishop John Inge - Advisor

John Inge is Bishop of Worcester. He read and then taught chemistry prior to ordination. As a priest he worked for several years in education as a chaplain, latterly at Harrow School, before becoming vicar of an inner-city parish on Tyneside. He then moved to Ely Cathedral to become Canon Missioner before becoming Bishop of Huntingdon in 2003. In 2008, he was enthroned as the 113th Bishop of Worcester in which capacity he exercises oversight of the 281 churches in the Diocese of Worcester as well as fulfilling a number of national responsibilities.

Bishop John has a long standing interest in civic life and chaired the Board for Mission and Social Responsibility in the Diocese of Newcastle. He served for several years as a Trustee of Common Purpose, an international leadership organisation dedicated to bringing together leaders from the public, private and voluntary sectors to work for the common good. He is now a Trust Protector the organisation.  

Bishop John is fascinated by international affairs and cultural variety and has taken groups to Africa (on seven occasions), India, South America, Russia and the Holy Land. He is a longstanding supporter of the World Development Movement and Amnesty International. Bishop John’s doctorate is in systematic theology and his book A Christian Theology of Place was short listed for the Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing. His latest book is Living Love: In Conversation with the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.

He is married to Dr Denise Inge, an American, who is a writer.  They have two young daughters.


Chris  White MP Chris White MP - Advisor
Chris White was elected as Warwick and Leamington's new MP at the 2010 General Election, having previously stood at the General Election in 2005. Before his election he worked locally in Public Relations, having previously worked at Longbridge with MG Rover. Chris lives in Warwick, and plays an active role in the local community, serving as a governor of Myton School and as a a trustee of the Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs.

David Fletcher David Fletcher - Advisor
David joined Odey in 1995 initially as Chief Executive Officer and today he is Chairman focusing on business supervision and strategy and heads investment research. David joined Odey from Leopold Joseph, the UK merchant bank, where he was CEO and had worked since 1980.  David graduated from New College, Oxford, in 1980.

David Hawkins David Hawkins - Trustee

David Hawkins has spent 15 years in government relations, corporate affairs and the arts. Following an internship at Number 10, he started his career at leading lobbying company Westminster Strategy before moving to PR agency GBC. After working for the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 he worked at Business in the Community where he led on policy and public affairs, particularly championing the removal of the many blocks that face homeless and other excluded groups. Concurrent to BITC he advised and wrote speeches for John J. Studzinski CBE, Senior Managing Director and global head Blackstone Advisory Partners. After a year at leading communications ageny Blue Rubicon he moved to Arts & Business where he consulted on philanthropy, public policy and strategy. 

He is a Board member of Larimar Stone film fund and UK and an advisor to responsible business certification company ETHICS. David is a retained advisor to Satish K Modi, Chairman of Modi Global Enterprises and as Executive Director of Arts for India, the Modi foundation, is leading on the fundraising campaign to build capacity and teaching networks between the Modinagar-based International Institute of Fine Arts, the University of the Arts London and the Princes Drawing School. David is Chairman of the Programme and Development Committee of Benjamin Franklin House and a member of the development council  of Asia House.

In 2011 David was nominated to be a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. 

 


George Freeman MP George Freeman MP - Advisor
George was elected in 2010 for the new constituency of Mid Norfolk, with a majority of 14,000, after an innovative campaign (It Starts Here! ) focussed on the need for a fresh start in politics. He was appointed PPS to the Minister for Climate Change, Greg Barker MP and elected Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science & Technology in Agriculture.  He has spoken and written widely on the potential of UK science, technology and entrepreneurship to lead a sustainable economic recovery. In July 2011 he was appointed Adviser on Life Sciences to the Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon David Willetts MP.

Greg Clark MP Greg Clark MP - Advisory Board Member
Greg Clark is a Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government, with responsibility for overseeing decentralisation, and the Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells. Born in Middlesbrough in 1967, Greg attended the local St Peter's Comprehensive, South Bank. He went on to study Economics at Cambridge University and was awarded his PhD at the London School of Economics. Before entering politics, Greg worked for the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world's top business strategy firms, and was posted to the USA, Mexico, South America and Iceland, as well as working for clients in the UK. Greg was Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Trade & Industry - the Rt Hon Ian Lang MP - from 1996 until the General Election in 1997. Subsequently, he was appointed the BBC's Controller, Commercial Policy. He entered the Shadow Cabinet in October 2008, having previously been Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering 2006-2008. Before becoming an MP, Greg was Director of Policy for the Conservative Party from March 2001 for three successive Leaders - William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard - before being elected to Parliament in 2005. He was a Member of Public Accounts Committee from 2005-2006.

James Forsyth James Forsyth - Advisory Board Member
James Forsyth is political editor of The Spectator. Previous to that, he was web editor of The Spectator and assistant editor of Foreign Policy magazine in Washington DC.

John Hayes MP John Hayes MP - Advisory Board Member
John Hayes is Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Member of Parliament for South Holland and The Deepings. He was born in 1958 and married Susan Hopwell, who he has two sons with, in July 1997. He was educated at Colfe’s Grammar School and University of Nottingham, where he graduated with a BA Hons Politics and a PGCE in History/English. John was elected as Member of Parliament for South Holland and The Deepings in 1997, following 12 years as a Conservative Councillor in Nottinghamshire. Following his election he was appointed Secretary of the Agriculture Select Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Backbench Education Committee before becoming a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party until July 2000. Since then John has been appointed an Opposition Whip, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Shadow Minister for Local & Devolved Government, with particular responsibility for Housing and Planning and Shadow Minister for Transport. He has served as the Shadow Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, and has developed a reputation for assiduously progressing the skills and widening participation agenda. John has also been the chairman of the All Party Group on Disability, and secretary of the all party group on brain injury. In his spare time he enjoys travel, reading, history, tennis and jam-making.

Malcolm Brown Malcolm Brown - Advisor
Malcolm Brown is Director of Mission and Public Affairs for the Church of England, responsible for the church's engagement with political and ethical issues in Britain and internationally. He has been an Anglican priest since 1979, working in inner city and rural parishes and as an industrial chaplain. During the 1990s he was Executive Secretary of the William Temple Foundation, a think tank within the University of Manchester working on theology, economics and urban issues, where he completed his PhD on the dialogue between Christian ethics and economics. Malcolm has taught at universities in Britain and Finland, most recently in the Cambridge Theological Federation where he was Principal of the Eastern Region Ministry Course from 2000 until taking up his present post in 2007. In addition to numerous articles and contributions to collections of essays, his books include: After the Market (Peter Lang, 2004), The Church and Economic Life (Epworth: 2006), Faith in Suburbia (Contact Monographs: 2006) and Tensions in Christian Ethics (SPCK: 2010). He lives in a village outside Cambridge.

Oliver Rothschild Oliver Rothschild - Advisor
Oliver Rothschild is known for philanthropy, as Patron and Promoter of the Arts and Charitable causes, and his international network of connections crosses over both the Arts and the Sciences but also embraces and promotes social enterprise. His media involvements include presenting programmes for the BBC and Channel 4 and co-production of a BBC series. Oliver is also involved with numerous charities as Patron and Ambassador and has held several key positions including Chairman of UNICEF (Appeals Committee); he is now President of ACEVO Solutions. Fluent in French, German, Spanish and Italian, Oliver is actively developing business opportunities throughout the US and Europe including the former Eastern European Block countries. Oliver has been elected The Senior Entrepreneur Fellow of Essex University and Chairs the Industry & Entrepreneurs Forum and The Sustainable Business Steering Group. He is invited as a VIP Delegate to UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) and inaugurated The Council of Atomium Culture Conference.

Professor John Milbank Professor John Milbank - Trustee

John Milbank is Research Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics and Director of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Previously he held a Readership at Cambridge University and a named Chair at the University of Virginia. He is the founder of the Radical Orthodoxy Movement and the author of many books, including 'Theology and Social Theory' and 'The Future of Love.'


Professor Simon Lee Professor Simon Lee - Trustee

Simon Lee is the Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence, Queen’s University Belfast and was formerly Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University and Rector and Chief Executive of Liverpool Hope University. He is also Chair of Level Partnerships Ltd., which provides services to foster partnerships in sport, the arts, education, housing, diverse communities, businesses, health services and the wider public sector, and chair of the John Paul II Foundation for Sport. He has taught law at Queen’s Belfast, King’s College London and Trinity College, Oxford and studied at Balliol College, Oxford, as a Harkness Fellow at Yale Law School and at the English College, Gregorian University, Rome.  Simon was one of the co-founders of Initiative '92, a citizens' movement which commissioned an enquiry into ways forward for Northern Ireland. Together with his own writing on the troubles, this was not just an important part in what became the peace process but a forerunner of what we now call the Big Society.

He has served on numerous public and private Boards including the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights (1992-1996); South & East Belfast Health & Social Services Trust (1994-1995); National Standards Task Force, Department for Education (1997-2001); Arriva/Merseytravel joint venture for Liverpool trams (Chair, 1997-1999); Netherley Valley Partnership (Chair, 1998-2002); Liverpool Education interim monitoring board (Chair, 1999-2000); Everyman & Playhouse Theatres (Chair, 1998-2002); The Tablet (2003-2006); Harrogate International Festival (2005-2008); Northern Ballet Theatre (2006-2010); Plater Review (Chair, 2007-2008); Leeds Carnegie Rugby Union (Chair, 2007-2009); Podium coordinating universities/colleges for London 2012 (Chair, 2008-2010); Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation (2009-present).

Simon has written extensively including:  Law & Morals (1986), Judging Judges (1988), Believing Bishops – co-author (1989), The Cost of Free Speech (1990), Freedom from Fear – editor(1991), Learning Legal Skills - co-author (1993), Uneasy Ethics (2003), Hand of God – forthcoming (2011).


Steve Wyler Steve Wyler - Trustee

Steve Wyler OBE is the Chief Executive of Locality, a nationwide movement of community organisations ambitious for change. Locality brings together over 600 settlements, development trusts, social action centres and community enterprises. Locality’s vision is for every community to be a place of possibility, and all its work, on community assets, community enterprise, and social action, is driven by a belief in social justice and community self-determination. 

Locality was formed in 2011 through the merger of bassac and the Development Trusts Association, where Steve was Director from 2000.  Over the previous fifteen years Steve worked for voluntary and community agencies and independent grant-makers. For example in the 1990s, working with homeless agencies, he ran Homeless Network, co-ordinated the Rough Sleepers Initiative in London, and set up Off the Streets and into Work.    

Steve has been a member of various Government advisory groups on social enterprise, community organisations, and the third sector (Cabinet Office, CLG, Ministry of Justice).  Steve is also vice-Chair of the Social Enterprise Coalition, and Board member of the Adventure Capital Fund, the National Communities Resource Centre, and Thames Reach.  He was awarded an OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours List.

 


Zac Goldsmith MP Zac Goldsmith MP - Advisory Board Member
Zac Goldsmith  is the Conservative MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston.  He was the Editor of the Ecologist Magazine for 10 years and remains Director of the Ecologist. In 2005 he was asked to oversee a wide-ranging review of environmental policy for the Conservative Party. The Quality of Life Policy Review was delivered to David Cameron in September 2007. Many of the recommendations have since become Party Policy. In between his work with The Ecologist and his political campaigns, Zac raises funds for groups around the world dealing with issues ranging from agriculture and energy to conservation and climate change. In 2003 Zac was the recipient of the Beacon Prize for 'Young Philanthropist of the Year'. In 2004, he received the Global Green Award for 'International Environmental Leadership’. In September 2009, Zac’s book, 'The Constant Economy' was released. It looks at the key environmental problems we face, and provides a workable programme for action.