Honorary Governors
As the Foundation's governing body, Ditchley's Governors and Honorary Governors are chosen by the Council of Management.
The Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, CBE, DL
Chairman, Cobra Beer Partnership Ltd
The Rt Hon. Baroness Virginia Bottomley, DL
Formerly Secretary of State for Health and for National Heritage
Sir Rodric Braithwaite, GCMG
Formerly British Ambassador to Russia
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, PC
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The Lord Chadlington of Dean
Mr Robert Cooper, KCMG, MVO
Formerly Diplomat for the UK to the European Union
Sir Simon Fraser, GCMG
Managing Partner, Flint Global Ltd. Formerly Permanent Under Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service
The Rt Hon. Sir Lawrence Freedman, KCMG, CBE, FBA, FKC
Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London
Professor Timothy Garton Ash, CMG
Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford
Dr Nik Gowing
International Broadcaster; Visiting Professor, Kings College, London. Founder and Director Thinking the Unthinkable
Mr Charles Grant, CMG
Director, Centre for European Reform
Professor Sir Malcolm Grant, CBE, MA, LLD
Chairman, The PLuS Alliance. Former Chairman, NHS England
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, GCMG
Chairman, Gatehouse Advisory Partners Ltd. Former diplomat and Director of The Ditchley Foundation
Sir Christopher Greenwood, GBE, CMG, KC
Master, Magdalene College, Cambridge
The Rt Hon. Dominic Grieve KC
Formerly Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield (1997-2019); Attorney General
The Lord Hannay of Chiswick, GCMG, CH
Formerly Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to the EU and UN
Dr Rita E. Hauser
President, The Hauser Foundation
Professor The Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield FBA
Sir John Holmes, GCVO, KBE, CMG
Trustee of the British Red Cross. Formerly Director, The Ditchley Foundation
Mr Will Hutton
President of the Academy of Social Sciences; Co-chair the Purposeful Company
Rt Hon Jo Johnson
Executive Chairman, FutureLearn
Mr Andrew Knight
Consultant to Times Newspapers (ex-Chairman)
Mr Axel Krause
Paris- based Contributing Editor of TransAtlantic Magazine, Washington, DC, and formerly Ditchley Representative in France
Ms Rachel Lomax
Deputy Chair, British Council
The Honorable Roy MacLaren, PC
Formerly Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Minister of Trade
Ms Bronwen Maddox
Director & CEO, Chatham House
The Rt Hon Sir John Major, KG, CH
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Sir David Manning, GCMG, KCVO
Formerly British Ambassador to the United States of America
The Rt Hon. Lord Maude of Horsham
Formerly Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The Rt Hon David Miliband
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee. Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Rt Hon. Michael Moore
Director General, British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA); Formerly Secretary of State for Scotland
Mr Glen R Moreno
Director, Fidelity International Limited
Sir Richard Mottram, GCB
Visiting Professor, LSE; formerly Permanent Secretary, UK Civil Service
Mr Paul Newman
Former Chairman, ICAP Energy; Director, JC Rathbone Associates Ltd
The Rt Hon. Baroness Neville-Jones of Hutton Roof DCMG
Formerly Minister of State for Security
Mrs Elizabeth Padmore
Chair, British Red Cross
The Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes, CH
Chancellor of Oxford University. Formerly Member of the European Commission and Governor of Hong Kong
Sir Trevor Phillips OBE
Journalist and Broadcaster
The Rt Hon. Baroness Prashar of Runnymede, CBE
Formerly Chair of the Judicial Appointment Commission First Civil Service Commissioner
Lord Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, Hon. FBA
Astronomer Royal. Formerly Master, Trinity College, Cambridge University
General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux GCB, CBE, DSO, DL
Formerly Chief of the Defence Staff and operational commander
The Lord Ricketts, GCMG GCVO
Former Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Office, National Security Adviser and Ambassador to France
The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind, KCMG, KC
Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King's College, London
The Rt Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, KT, GCMG, Hon FRSE, PC
Special Adviser to BP plc. Formerly Secretary General, NATO, and Secretary of State for Defence
Sir John Sawers, GCMG
Executive Chairman, Newbridge Advisory. Formerly Chief of MI6 (2009-14)
Sir Nigel Sheinwald, GCMG
Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs
Sir Martin Smith
Founder of Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University
Dr Constanze Stelzenmüller
Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Mr Philip Stephens
Visiting Senior Fellow, School for Transnational Governance of the European University Institute, Florence
The Rt Hon. Rory Stewart, OBE
President of GiveDirectly and Former Secretary of State for International Development
The Rt Hon Jack Straw
Formerly Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor
Ms Jo Swinson CBE
Director, Partners for a New Economy
Sir Paul Tucker
Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Sir John Vereker, KCB, KStJ
Former Permanent Secretary for International Development
Dr Diana Walford, CBE, MD, BSc MSc FRCP, FRCPath, FFPH
Chair, Board of Trustees, Inner Circle Educational Trust
Mr Simon Webb, FICE
Executive Director, The Nichols Group
Mr John Weston, CBE, MEng, FRAEng, FRAes
Formerly: CEO, BAE Systems
The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts, FRS HonFRSC FAcSS
Chair, Resolution Foundation; Visiting Professor, King's College, London. Formerly Minister for Universities and Science
Professor Ngaire Woods
Dean, The Blavatnik School of Government
Honorary Governors play a vital role in the Ditchley network, providing informal advice and support to the Foundation.
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