The Governors
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:
Sir Antony ACLAND, KG, GCMG, GCVO. Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service; British Ambassador to the United States of America and Chairman of the Council of Management, The Ditchley Foundation.
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 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, Holidaybreak plc. Formerly Advisory Director, Next Inc and Chief Executive, British Airways plc.
Rt Hon Margaret BECKETT MP. Formerly Minister of State (Housing), Department for Communities and Local Government.
The Lord BILIMORIA OF CHELSEA, CBE, DL. Chairman, Cobra Beer.
The Rt Hon the Lord BOATENG. Formerly British High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa.
Ambassador Georg BOOMGAARDEN. Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Court of St James's.
Dr Clemens BÖRSIG. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG.
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.
The Rt Hon Lord BRITTAN OF SPENNITHORNE, QC. Vice Chairman, UBS Investment Bank. Formerly Vice-President, European Commission.
Sir Samuel BRITTAN. Economics Commentator, The Financial Times.
Professor George BROCK. Head, Department of Journalism, City University, London.
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 David CAMERON, MP. Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the 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 Rt Hon Lord CARRINGTON, KG, GCMG, CH, MC. Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Secretary-General of NATO.
The Lord CHADLINGTON OF DEAN, Chief Executive, Huntsworth plc.
Ms Shami CHAKRABARTI, CBE. Director of Liberty.
The Rt Hon Baroness CHALKER OF WALLASEY. Formerly Minister for Overseas Development.
Sir John COLES, GCMG. Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service.
Mr Robert CONWAY. Senior Director, Goldman Sachs International.
Mr Robert COOPER, CMG, MVO. Director General for External Relations, 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.
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.
Sir Nicholas GOODISON. Formerly Chairman, London Stock Exchange and Lloyds TSB Group plc.
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.
Mr Charles GRANT. Director, Centre for European Reform.
Professor Malcolm GRANT, CBE, MA, LLD. Provost and President of University College London.
The Rt Hon Dominic GRIEVE, QC, MP. Attorney General.
The Rt Hon Dominic GRIEVE, QC, MP. Attorney General.
Professor Sir Christopher GREENWOOD, CMG, QC. Professor of International Law, London School of Economics and Political Science.
The Lord HANNAY OF CHISWICK, GCMG, CH. Chairman, the United Nations Association of the UK. Formerly: British Government Special Representative to Cyprus.
Mr Harry HENDERSON. Partner, Cazenove & Co. Chairman, Witan Services Ltd.
Professor Peter HENNESSY, FBA. Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London.
The Earl of HOME, CVO, CBE. Chairman, Coutts & Co.
Professor Sir Michael HOWARD, OM, CH, CBE, MC, FBA, FRHistS. Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford.
The Rt Hon Lord HOWE OF ABERAVON, CH, QC. Formerly Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
The Honorable Bob HUNTER. Senior Advisor, RAND Corporation. Formerly US Ambassador to NATO.
The Rt Hon Lord HURD OF WESTWELL, CH, CBE. Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Mr Will HUTTON. Executive Vice-Chair, The Work Foundation.
The Lord JAY OF EWELME, GCMG. Chair, House of Lords Appointments Commission. Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service; British Ambassador to France.
The Honorable Peter JAY. Formerly British Ambassador to the United States of America.
Lady JUDGE, CBE. Chairman, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; Chairman, SOAS; Deputy Chairman, Friends Provident plc. Formerly Commissioner, United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lady JUDGE, CBE. Chairman, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; Chairman, SOAS; Deputy Chairman, Friends Provident plc. Formerly Commissioner, United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sir John KEMP-WELCH. Formerly Chairman, London Stock Exchange.
Sir Anthony KENNY, FBA. Formerly Warden, Rhodes House, Oxford.
The Lord KERR OF KINLOCHARD, GCMG. Deputy Chair, Royal Dutch Shell plc. Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service.
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. Director, The News Corporation. Formerly Editor, the Economist, Chief Executive, The Telegraph, and Chairman, News International.
Mr François LAGRANGE. Chairman, National Commission for Privatisation and President of the Patent Office, France.
Mr Anthony LOEHNIS, CMG. Chairman, Alpha Bank London Limited. Formerly Executive Director, The Bank of England.
The Rt Hon Sir Roderic LYNE, KBE, CMG. Deputy Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs; Director, Accor and Aricom; Board of Governors Kingston University. Formerly British Ambassador to Russia.
The Honorable Roy MACLAREN, PC. Formerly Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Minister of Trade.
Ms Bronwen MADDOX. Chief Foreign Commentator, The Times.
The Rt Hon Sir John MAJOR, KG, CH. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Sir Christopher MALLABY, GCMG, GCVO. Formerly Managing Director, UBS Warburg and British Ambassador to France.
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.
The Rt Hon Francis MAUDE, MP. Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General.
Sir Peter MIDDLETON, GCB. Chairman, Camelot Group plc. Chairman (UK), Marsh McLennan Group and Chairman, Marsh Limited. Formerly Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury.
The Rt Hon David MILIBAND, MP. Member of Parliament for South Shields. Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Mr John MONKS. General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation and formerly General Secretary, Trades Union Congress.
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 Vice-President and Chief Programme Officer, 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. Director, Young Foundation. 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. Minister of State (Minister for Security).
Sir Gus O’DONNELL, KCB. Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service.
Professor Sir David OMAND, GCB. Formerly Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office.
The Rt Hon Lord O’NEILL OF CLACKMANNAN. Chairman, The Nuclear Industry Associatiion. Formerly Member of Parliament for Ochil.
The Baroness O’NEILL OF BENGARVE CBE, FBA. Formerly President, The British Academy.
President Hisashi OWADA. President of the International Court of Justice. Formerly Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations.
Ms Elizabeth PADMORE. Formerly Global Director, Policy and International Affairs, Accenture plc.
The Rt Hon Sir Michael PALLISER, GCMG. Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service.
The Rt Hon Lord PATTEN OF BARNES, CH. Chancellor of Oxford University. Formerly Member of the European Commission and Governor of Hong Kong.
The Rt Hon Baroness PRASHAR OF RUNNYMEDE, CBE. Chair of the Judicial Appointment Commission. Formerly First Civil Service Commissioner.
Mr David REID SCOTT, Chairman, Newbridge Capital Investments Limited.
Sir David RICHMOND, KBE CMG. Formerly Director General, Defence and Intelligence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Baron Dr Hermann von RICHTHOFEN, GCVO. Formerly Ambassador of Germany to the Court of St. James’s.
Sir Peter RICKETTS, KCMG. National Security Adviser, Cabinet Office.
The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm RIFKIND, KCMG, QC, MP. Conservative Member of Parliament for Kensington. Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Professor Sir Adam ROBERTS, KCMG, FBA. President, The British Academy and Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
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.
The Honorable Raymond SEITZ. Formerly United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.
Secretary General 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 Rt Hon Jack STRAW, MP. Member of Parliament for Blackburn and formerly Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
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.
HE Mr Louis B SUSMAN. United States Ambassador to the Court of St James's.
The Rt Hon Baroness SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN. Formerly Minister of State for International Trade and Investment, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Sir Kevin TEBBIT, KCB, CMG. 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.
The Lord TURNBULL OF ENFIELD KCB, CVO. Formerly Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service.
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. Principal, Mansfield College, Oxford. Formerly Director, Public Health Laboratory Service, London.
Mr Simon WEBB, CBE. Formerly Director General, International Networks and Environment Group, Department of Transport.
Sir John WESTON, KCMG. Formerly United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Mr John WESTON, CBE. Chairman, Ufi and Insensys Limited. Formerly Chairman, Spirent plc and Chief Executive, BAE Systems.
The Rt Hon David WILLETTS, MP. Minister of State (Universities and Science).
The Rt Hon Baroness WILLIAMS OF CROSBY. Formerly Secretary of State for Education 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.
The Lord WILSON OF TILLYORN, KT, GCMG. President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Formerly Master, Peterhouse, Cambridge and Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong.
The Rt Hon Lord WINDLESHAM, CVO. Formerly Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords; Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Professor Ngaire WOODS. Professor of International Political Economy, University College, Oxford.
Professor Sir Robert WORCESTER, KBE, DL. Founder, MORI, Chancellor of the University of Kent.
HE Mr James WRIGHT. Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
The Lord WRIGHT OF RICHMOND, GCMG. Formerly Head of the Diplomatic Service.