Government & Politics speakers


Lee Cain
Former Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street

Fiona Reynolds
Former CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment

Devi Sridhar
Chair of Global Public Health at Edinburgh University

Anthony Scaramucci
Investor, Author, White House Communications Director (2017) and co-host of "The Rest is Politics- US" with Katty Kay (BBC)

Andrew Heyn
British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao from 2016 to 2020

Kim Darroch
Experienced, Highly Respected Diplomat - Life Peer in the House of Lords

Freddie Sayers
Executive Editor at UnHerd, one of the UK's most successful new media companies

Chris Skidmore
UK Minister of State for Universities, Research, Innovation and Skills (2018-19, 2019-2020)

Dasho Tshering Tobgay
Prime Minister of Bhutan & prominent environmentalist

Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer - UK (2019-2020)

Nicholas Lardy
China Expert and Geopolitical Author

Bonnie Glaser
Expert on Chinese Foreign Policy
- Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund.

Zach Carter
Senior Reporter at HuffPost

Edward Luce
U.S. National Editor, Financial Times

Geoffrey Cox
Conservative MP and leading QC in the UK

Sam Gyimah
Former Minister for Science, Innovation & Higher Education

Douglas Laux
Former War Zone Case Officer, CIA & Assessor on Bravo Channel's "Spy Games"

Lynda Johnson Robb
President's Advisory Committee for Women

John Mills
Economist and Author; Founder and Chairman of JML

Robert Hannigan
Cyber Security Specialist, Former Director of GCHQ, European Executive Chairman of BlueVoyant