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Swinson Jo

Ms Jo Swinson CBE

Director, Partners for a New Economy


As Director of Partners for a New Economy, Jo leads a grant-making collaborative of 7 foundations seeking to catalyse transformational change in our economy so that nature and all people can flourish. She is also Visiting Professor at Cranfield University, and author of Equal Power: Gender Equality and How to Achieve It (Atlantic Books, 2018).

Formerly Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2019), Business Minister (2012-2015) and MP for East Dunbartonshire (2005-2015, 2017-2019). 

A Member of the Programme Committee (2010-), and an Honorary Governor (2023-), The Ditchley Foundation.

Honorary 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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