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Wilton Park Advisory Council Membership

By category (ordinary or ex officio) and seniority of appointment
Updated: June 2008


Ordinary Members
Name & Position Term Started Reappointed from Meeting after which membership expires

Dr Farhan Nizami, Chair
Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
1st Summer 2004 Winter 2006 Winter 2013

Mr Nik Gowing
Journalist and Broadcaster
2nd Winter 1998 Winter 2005 Summer 2008

Sir Michael Quinlan GCB
Former Director, The Ditchley Foundation
2nd Winter 1999 Winter 2005 Summer 2009

Sir Rodric Braithwaite GCMG
Chairman of the Russia Programme of the Centre for European Reform
2nd Winter 2002 Winter 2006 Summer 2012

Professor Anand Menon
Director European Research Institute, University of Birmingham
2nd Winter 2002 Winter 2006 Summer 2012

Lord Skidelsky
Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University
2nd Winter 2002 Winter 2006 Summer 2012

Ms Mary Jo Jacobi
Vice President Group External Affairs, Shell International
2nd Winter 2002 Winter 2006 Summer 2012

Mr Janusz Heath
Director, Capital Dynamics
2nd Winter 2002 Winter 2006 Summer 2012

Ms Rachel Briggs
Head of International Programmes, DEMOS
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Mr Michael Leigh
Director-General Enlargement, European Commission
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Rt Hon Baroness Quin
Former Minister of State at Home Office, MAFF, FCO
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Mr Rupert Robson
Company Director, Financial Institutions, HSCB
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Professor Shamit Saggar
Professor of Political Science, Sussex University
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Professor Philippe Sands QC
Professor of Law, University College, London
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Sir Stephen Wall GCMG LVO
Chairman Public Affairs (EMEA), Hill & Knowlton
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Mr Myles Wickstead CBE
Visiting Professor (International Relations), Open University
1st Winter 2005 Summer 2015

Note:From 2002 first terms of appointment have been calculated from the first meeting of WPAC after a new member has accepted appointment. The First term = 6 meetings (ie three full years), Second term = 6 meetings, Third term = 8 meetings. Maximum number of terms is three. The Chair is appointed for terms of two years, for a maximum number of five terms.

Ex officio members
Name & Position     Term Started

Dr Ray Cunningham
Director of the Anglo-German Foundation for the study of Industrial Society  
  Summer 2005

Sir David Green KCMG
Director-General of the British Council 
  Summer 2000

Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas OBE
Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House  
  Summer 2001

Mr Reijo Kemppinen
Representative of European Commission in UK   
  Winter 2005

Mr David Heath CBE MP
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary representative   
  Winter 2001

Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP
Conservative Party Parliamentary representative   
  Summer 2002

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