Topic: Culture, history & language
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26 February, 2020Dr Jeremy Silver
Jeremy Silver is an entrepreneur, author and angel-investor. He is CEO of Digital Catapult and a Trustee of the British Library. He is a member of the UK Creative industries Council. He is on the Board of HammerheadVR Ltd, Imaginarium Studios Ltd, and FeedForward.AI. He was Executive Chairman of Semetric (acquired by Apple). He was […]
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Anand Shukla
Anand has a strong track record leading organisations that focus on education, social mobility and childcare. He has over 10 years leadership experience in Chief Executive, non-executive and trustee roles. He has specialisms in strategy, advocacy, impact management, supported by strong emotional intelligence. He was the Chief Executive of Brightside between 2015 and 2020 – […]
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Professor John Shepherd CBE
John Shepherd is Emeritus Professor of Earth System Science at the University of Southampton, but now lives in Suffolk. He has worked on a wide range of environmental issues, including the transport and deposition of atmospheric sulphur dioxide, the dispersion of tracers in the deep ocean, the assessment and control of radioactive waste disposal in […]
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Anne Sebba
I was the first woman chosen by Reuters as a foreign correspondent on its Graduate Trainee scheme working in London and Rome. I have also worked briefly for the BBC World Service and am the author of nine books of non fiction, mostly biographies of iconic women. I am an officially accredited Nadfas lecturer, so […]
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Jonny Searle MBE
My Background • Coach to individuals and teams since 2002. • Private practice lawyer in leading City firm, Ashurst from 1993 to 2002. • General Counsel and Company Secretary of Modern Times Group, a listed international media business (with market capitalization of approximately one billion GBP) from 2002 -2015. • Olympic Gold Medallist and World […]
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Aki Schilz
Aki Schilz is a writer, poet and Director of The Literary Consultancy, the UK’s first and leading editorial assessment service for writers. Aki has a BA in English and French Literature from the University of Oxford, and an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Bath Spa University. After working in various administrative roles including […]
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Sandra Schembri
Sandra joined Nordoff Robbins in October 2019 from The House of St Barnabas, where as CEO for 10 years, she oversaw immense transformation and development of the organisation, turning it into one of the UK’s leading social enterprises working within the homelessness sector. Earlier in her career she worked at Bloomberg, The Royal Academy of […]
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Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders is a polar explorer and a record-breaking long-distance skier. Since 2001, Ben has skied more than 6,000km (3,730 miles or 142 marathons) in the Polar Regions. He is one of three in history – and the youngest by more than ten years – to ski solo to the North Pole and holds the […]
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Will Saunders
I am an independent media consultant, and executive producer with over twenty years experience on television, on radio and online. I am currently Chief Creative Officer for the recently awarded Storyfutures Gateway Cluster and Storyfutures Academy. These are industrial strategy consortia projects led by the University of London, Royal Holloway that will explore the future […]
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Elham Saudi
In her role as Director, Elham has worked on fact finding in connection with investigations into alleged human rights violations in Libya in the period since 15 February 2011. She has also provided advice to a number of European governments and international bodies in relation to the 2011 conflict in Libya. In addition, Elham advised […]