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Johnathan Black Fellow

Jonathan Black

Senior Distinguished Fellow


Jonathan Black is a strategist and senior adviser at the intersection of sovereign policy, emerging technology and global market decision-making. Over two decades at the centre of UK government — as G7/G20 Sherpa, Deputy National Security Adviser, PM’s Representative at the Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit, and senior Brexit negotiator — he advised successive Prime Ministers on the defining challenges of the decade. He is now a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Columbia University (Center for Global Energy Policy / SIPA) and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Ditchley Foundation, and provides senior counsel to businesses, investors and foundations on geopolitics and Artificial Intelligence.

The Ditchley Foundation Team

Participants of the Ditchley Foundation internship programme in 2021

The Ditchley Internship Programme

The Ditchley Internship programme offers over 50 students the opportunity each year to become immersed in the ethos of Ditchley.

Antique chairs and sofas at Ditchley Park

Our Home at Ditchley Park

Ditchley Park is part of the world’s heritage and remains as central to our way of working now as it has ever been. 

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