Skip to main content
Willetts David

The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts, FRS HonFRSC FAcSS

Chair, Resolution Foundation; Visiting Professor, King's College, London. Formerly Minister for Universities and Science


Chair, UK Space Agency (2021-); Chair, Resolution Foundation (2015-); Chancellor, University of Leicester (2018-); Board member, UK Research and Innovation (2017-); Visiting Professor, King's College London (2015-).

Author, 'A University Education'; 'The Pinch - How the baby boomers took their children's future and why they should give it back'.

Formerly: Chair, Sanger Institute (2017-2019); Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Havant (1992-2015); Minister for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (2010-14).

An Honorary Governor (2019-), 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. 

The Latest