Government & Politics speakers

Natascha Engel
Former Labour Member of Parliament of North East Derbyshire

Shirley Yu
Political Economist and International Speaker

James Watt CVO
Partner in political risk consultancy, Former British Ambassador and established speaker on current issues in The Middle East

Roland Martin
Award-Winning Journalist and Media Personality

Stewart Wood
Chief Advisor to Ed Miliband as Leader of the Opposition, 2010 - 2015

Paul Harrison
Former Press Secretary to Theresa May

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Lucrezia Reichlin
Professor of Economics at the London Business School

Philip Hammond
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

KT McFarland
Prominent Conservative Foreign Policy Expert in the U.S.

Charles Clarke
Former UK Home Secretary

Jeremy Hobson
Host, NPR's Midday News Magazine "Here & Now"


Gérard Araud
Ambassador of France to the United States (2014-2019)


Brett Bruen
Expert in Strategic and Crisis Communications

Wendy Sherman
Former US Deputy Secretary of State (2021-2023)

Dominic Cummings
Director of the Vote Leave Campaign in the lead up to the UK’s EU membership referendum of 2016

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Prime Minister of Denmark (2011-2015)

Yanis Varoufakis
Former Minister of Finance of Greece

Tom Swarbrick
Former Head of Broadcast at 10 Downing Street

Graham Allison
Author, political scientist and Professor

Sir Simon Mayall
Former British Army General