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A British businessman, author and economist who is Chairman of the Institute of Economic Affairs and a past visiting fellow at Nuffield, Oxford. He was one of the earliest specialist currency managers, a pioneer of currency risk management and author of the first textbook on the subject.

Commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets, he served in Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Bosnia Herzegovina before becoming Commanding Officer of what became the 4th Battalion, The Rifles and seeing action in Basra in 2007; deployed to Afghanistan and appointed Commander of the 20th Armored Brigade between 2009 and 2012.  Chief of the General Staff in June 2022 – May 2024.

A Senior Adviser at the Institute of Human Rights and Business, she is particularly active in the Commodities and Human Rights program. Vicky served as UK Ambassador to Myanmar between 2002 and 2006 and has been Director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business since July 2013. Currently the independent chair of the Global Network Initiative, a Board member of the International Code of Conduct Association and an Honorary Senior Fellow of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law.

The Principal at St Hilda’s Oxford. The first female Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in Western Europe and the first female Professor of Civil Engineering in Switzerland. Sarah excelled as a high-performance athlete, representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland in triathlon from 1984-1993. She competed in the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland and won 21 European Triathlon Union Championships. In 1992 she was elected Vice-President of World Triathlon Union, serving until 1996.