The Rt Hon. Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
MP (Lab) for Lothian East (2024-); Secretary of State for Scotland (2025-); Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security (2024-2025); Visiting Professor, New York University (Abu Dhabi); Visiting Professor, King's College London; Senior Advisor, The Rise Funds, global impact funds aligned with the delivery of the SDGs; Member, UK Privy Council; Member, European Council on Foreign Relations; Trustee, Royal United Services Institute; General Council Assessor, University of Edinburgh Court (2021-25). Formerly: Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2011-15); various senior UK Ministerial positions (2001-10), including: Minister of State for Europe; for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs; Secretary of State for International Development; for Scotland; for Transport; Member of Parliament (1997-2015); former UK Governor, World Bank.
A Governor (2020-), and previously Chairman of the Programme Committee (2021-2024), The Ditchley Foundation.
Governors
The Ditchley Internship Programme
The Ditchley Internship programme offers over 50 students the opportunity each year to become immersed in the ethos of Ditchley.
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.
