Programme Committee
The Programme Committee supports Ditchley’s mission by meeting three times a year to shape and discuss the future conference programme. Ditchley also draws on the broad range of expertise of the committee members to select ideal Chairs and identify candidate invitees to ensure rich discussions at each conference.
James Arroyo OBE
Director, The Ditchley Foundation
Ms Jessica Cecil
An advisor to media tech start-ups
Mr David Claydon
Founder Partner, Kaya Partners
Ms Lucy Coutinho
Principal Private Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Dr Catherine Cutts
Principal, KKR & Co, Inc.
Mr Christian Doktor
Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy London
Mr Robert Fry
Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom
Mr Alan Gemmell OBE MP FRSA
Member of Parliament for Central Ayrshire (Lab)
Professor Melinda Mills MBE FBA FAcSS
Professor of Demography & Population Health and Director, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford
Dr Munira Mirza
Chief Executive, Civic Future
Mr Theo Mitchell
Global Director, Climate, Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Professor Rana Mitter OBE FBA
Professor of History and Politics of Modern China, Oxford University China Centre
Ms Sonia Sodha
Chief Leader Writer and Columnist, The Observer
Mr Matt Warman
Board Member, UKAI
Dr Marc Warner
Co-founder & CEO, Faculty
Kate White CMG
Strategy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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