The Rt Hon. Sir Lawrence Freedman, KCMG, CBE, FBA, FKC

Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London

Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London.

Formerly: Vice-Principal, King's College London. Official Historian of Falklands Campaign and member of Chilcot Inquiry on Iraq War.

An Honorary Governor (2019-), The Ditchley Foundation.

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Chairman, Cobra Beer Partnership Ltd

Formerly Secretary of State for Health and for National Heritage

Formerly British Ambassador to Russia

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Formerly Diplomat for the UK to the European Union

Managing Partner, Flint Global Ltd. Formerly Permanent Under Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service

Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford

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