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Emmott Bill

Mr Bill Emmott

Former Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies and of the Japan Society of the U.K.


Independent writer, speaker and consultant on international affairs; Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies and of the Japan Society of the U.K.; Chairman and Co-Founder, The Wake Up Foundation; Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford.

Formerly: Editor-in-Chief, The Economist (1993-2006).

Author, "The Fate of the West: The Battle to Save the World's Most Successful Political Idea" (Profile/Public Affairs, 2017).

A Governor (2016-), The Ditchley Foundation.

Governors

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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