Ditchley Governors are chosen by the Council of Management and constitute the Foundation’s governing body.  Members serve five year terms. 

 

The current Governors are:

 

The Rt Hon Lord ADONIS.  Formerly Secretary of State for Transport.

 

The Lord ALDINGTON.  Senior Advisor, Deutsche Bank London.

 

His Excellency Signor Giancarlo ARAGONA. KCVO  President, Insitute for International Political Studies.  Formerly Ambassador of Italy to the Court of St James’s.

 

Count Riprand von ARCO.  Founder and Chairman, American Asset Corporation, New York.

 

Mr Robert AYLING.  Chairman, Welsh Water.  Formerly Chief Executive, British Airways plc.

 

The Lord BILIMORIA OF CHELSEA, CBE, DL.  Chairman, Cobra Beer Partnership Ltd. 

The Rt Hon Baroness BOTTOMLEY OF NETTLESTONE, JP, DL.  Formerly Secretary of State for Health and for National Heritage.

 

The Honorable John BRADEMAS.  President Emeritus, New York University.  Formerly Chairman, The American Ditchley Foundation and Democrat Congressman for Indiana.

 

Sir Rodric BRAITHWAITE, GCMG. Formerly British Ambassador to Russia.

 

Sir Samuel BRITTAN.  Economics Commentator, The Financial Times.

 

Sir Nigel BROOMFIELD, KCMG.  Formerly Director, The Ditchley Foundation and Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.

 

Mr John BRUTON. Formerly  Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the United States of America and Taoiseach of Ireland and Member of the Dáil Éireann.

 

The Rt Hon Lord BUTLER OF BROCKWELL, KG, GCB, CVO.  Formerly:  Master, University College, Oxford;  Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service.

 

The Rt Hon Sir Menzies CAMPBELL, CBE, QC, MP.  Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Fife North East and formerly Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party.

 

The Lord CHADLINGTON OF DEAN, Chief Executive, Huntsworth plc.

 

Sir John COLES, GCMG.  Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service.

 

Mr Robert CONWAY.  Senior Director, Goldman Sachs International.

 

Mr Robert COOPER, CMG, MVO.  Counsellor, EEAS, Council of the European Union.

 

Mr Nicholas FERGUSON.  Chairman, SVG Capital plc.

  

Mr FRANCIS FINLAY.  Chairman, EastWest Institute.

The Rt Hon Professor Sir Lawrence FREEDMAN, KCMG, CBE, FBA, FKC.  Vice Principal (Strategy and Development), King's College London.

 

Professor Timothy GARTON ASH, CMG.  Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow, St Anthony’s College, Oxford.

 

Sir John GIEVE KCB.  Formerly Deputy Governor, The Bank of England and Permanent Secretary, Home Office.

 

Mr Nik GOWING.  Main presenter/anchor, international TV news service,  BBC World.

 

Sir John GRAHAM, Bt, GCMG.  Formerly UK Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador to Iran and Iraq, and Director, The Ditchley Foundation.

Mr Charles GRANT.  Director, Centre for European Reform.

 

Professor Malcolm GRANT, CBE, MA, LLD.  President and Provost of University College London.

Sir Jeremy GREENSTOCK, GCMG.  Formerly Ambassador & UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Director of The Ditchley Foundation.  

Professor Sir Christopher GREENWOOD, CMG, QC.  Judge, International Court of Justice.

The Rt Hon Dominic GRIEVE, QC, MP.  Attorney General.

  

The Lord HANNAY OF CHISWICK, GCMG, CH.  Formerly British Government Special Representative to Cyprus.

Dr Rita HAUSER.  President, The Hauser Foundation.

 

Lord HENNESSY of Nympsfield, FBA. Attlee  Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London.

  

The Earl of HOME, CVO, CBE. Chairman, Coutts & Co.

 

The Honorable Bob HUNTER.  Director, Center for Transatlantic Security Studies, INSS. Formerly US Ambassador to NATO.

 

Mr Will HUTTON.  Principal, Hertford College.

 

The Honorable Peter JAY.  Formerly British Ambassador to the United States of America.

The Rt Hon Tessa JOWELL, MP.  Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, for the Olympics and for London.

Lady JUDGE, CBE.  Chairman, UK Pension Protection Fund; Chairman Emeritus, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

 

Sir John KEMP-WELCH.  Formerly Chairman, London Stock Exchange.

 

Professor Sir David KING FRS, FRSC.  Director, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Formerly Government Chief Scientific Advisor.

 

Sir John KINGMAN, FRS.  Formerly Director, Isaac Newton Institute;  Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol.

  

Mr ANDREW KNIGHT.  Chairman, J Rothschild Capital Management Ltd. Formerly Editor, the Economist, Chief Executive, The Telegraph, and Chairman, News International.

 

Mr Anthony LOEHNIS, CMG.  Chairman, Alpha Bank London Limited.  Formerly Executive Director, The Bank of England.

Mr Pierre LORTIE CM, President, Canadian Ditchley.

Mr Kevin G LYNCH.  Chairman, The Canadian Ditchley Foundation.

 

Ms Bronwen MADDOX.  Editor and Chief Executive, Prospect Magazine.
  

The Hon Dr Philippa MALMGREN.  President, Canonbury Group, London.

 

Professor Sir Laurence MARTIN, DL. Formerly Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs.

The Rt Hon Francis MAUDE, MP.  Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General.

 

Sir Peter MIDDLETON, GCB.  UK Chairman, Marsh & McLennan Companies.  Formerly Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury.

 

The Rt Hon Michael MOORE MP, Secretary of State for Scotland.

 

Mr Glen R MORENO.  Chairman, Pearson plc.

 

Sir Jeremy MORSE, KCMG.  Formerly Chancellor, University of Bristol;  Chairman, Lloyds Bank plc.

 

Mr Edward MORTIMER, CMG.  Senior Program Advisor, Salzburg Global Seminar.  Formerly Chief Speechwriter and Director of Communications to the Secretary General of the United Nations.

 

Sir Richard MOTTRAM, GCB.  Member of Garda World International Advisory Board.    Formerly Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience; Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.

 

Dr Geoff MULGAN CBE.  Chief Executive, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.  Formerly Head of Policy, Prime Minister’s Office; Head of the Government Strategy Unit.

 

The Rt Hon Sir Patrick NAIRNE, GCB, MC.  Formerly Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security and Master, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.

 

The Rt Hon Baroness NEVILLE-JONES OF HUTTON ROOF DCMG.  Formerly Minister of State (Minister for Security). 

 

Sir Gus O’DONNELL, KCB.  Formerly Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service.

 

The Rt Hon Lord O’NEILL OF CLACKMANNAN.  Formerly Member of Parliament for Ochil.

 

Professor Sir Keith O'NIONS FRS.  Rector, Imperial College London.

 

Ms Elizabeth PADMORE.  Chairman, Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust and Director, National Australia Group Europe and Clydesdale Bank.

The Rt Hon Sir Michael PALLISER, GCMG.  Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service.

  

The Rt Hon Baroness PRASHAR OF RUNNYMEDE, CBE.  Formerly Chair of the Judicial Appointment Commission.

Mr David REID SCOTT, Non-Executive Chairman, Newbridge Capital Investments Limited.

Sir David RICHMOND, KBE CMG.  Formerly Director General, Defence and Intelligence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The Rt Hon Lord ROBERTSON OF PORT ELLEN, KT, GCMG, Hon FRSE.  Deputy Chairman TNK-BP.  Formerly Secretary General, NATO, and Secretary of State for Defence.

 

Mr Alan RUSBRIDGER.  Editor, The Guardian.

 

Sir John SAWERS, KCMG.  Chief of SIS.

 

Mr Kamalesh SHARMA.  Commonwealth Secretary-General.

 

Dr Constanze STELZENMÜLLER.  Senior Transatlantic Fellow, Berlin Office, German Marshall Fund of the United States.

 

Mr Philip STEPHENS.  Associate Editor, Financial Times.

 

The Honorable Edward J STREATOR.  Formerly Minister, United States Embassy in London and former Ambassador to OECD.

HE Mr Louis B SUSMAN.  United States Ambassador to the Court of St James's.

 

Sir Kevin TEBBIT, KCB, CMG.  Chairman, Finmeccanica UK.  Formerly Permanent Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

 

Sir Crispin TICKELL, GCMG, KCVO.  Director, Policy Foresight Programme, Oxford University.  Formerly United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

  

Ambassador Robert H TUTTLE.  Formerly United States Ambassador to the Court of St James’s.

 

Sir John VEREKER, KCB. Formerly Governor of Bermuda.

 

Dr Diana WALFORD, CBE, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPH.  Formerly Principal, Mansfield College, Oxford.  
 

Mr Simon WEBB, CBE.  Executive Director, The Nichols Group.

 

Mr John WESTON, CBE. Chairman, MB Aerospace.  Formerly Chairman, Spirent plc and Chief Executive, BAE Systems.

  

The Rt Hon David WILLETTS, MP.  Minister of State (Universities and Science).

 

Dr Catherine WILLS.

 

Lady WILLS, JP.

 

The Lord WILSON OF DINTON, GCB.  Master, Emmanuel College, Cambridge.  Formerly Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service.

 

Professor Ngaire WOODS.  Dean, The Blavatnik School of Government.

 

Professor Sir Robert WORCESTER, KBE, DL.  Chancellor, University of Kent.  Founder, MORI.