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Topic: Social Sciences

  • Portrait of Sam Gyimah

    Sam Gyimah

    Born in the UK and educated at state schools in the UK and Ghana, Sam Gyimah was elected MP for East Surrey in 2010. Sam serves as Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. He has previously served as Minister for Prisons and Probation, Minister for Childcare and Education, Minister for the Constitution […]

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  • Portrait of Luke Hakes

    Luke Hakes

    Luke joined Octopus Ventures in 2008. As well as being a General Partner and heading up the firms ā€œBetter Fasterā€ strategy he sits across both the Future of Health and Future of Industry Teams, where he works with the rest of the origination team to identify and invest in the next generation of companies that […]

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  • Portrait of Doctor Samir Guglani

    Dr Samir Guglani

    Dr Sam Guglani is a poet, novelist and consultant clinical oncologist practising in Cheltenham, where he specialises in the management of lung and brain tumours. He has a background in medical ethics and chairs the Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust law and ethics group. He has Masters degrees in Medical Ethics (Keele, 2009) and Creative Writing (Oxford, […]

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  • Portrait of Kathryn Gutteridge

    Kathryn Gutteridge

    Kathryn was elected Former President of the RCM in June 2017 and is an established Consultant Midwife with a long history of clinical care in the NHS. She has worked in many diverse settings including neonatal services and community midwifery care. She is currently the Consultant Midwife and Clinical Lead for Low Risk Women at […]

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  • Portrait of Loyd Grossman

    Loyd Grossman

    Loyd Grossman was born in Boston and graduated from Boston University (BA), the London School of Economics (MSc Econ) and Magdalene College, Cambridge (PhD, MPhil). After starting a career in journalism, he was diverted into television where, as a writer, presenter or deviser he was involved in a wide range of programmes including Through the […]

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  • Portrait of Francesco Guerrera

    Francesco Guerrera

    Francesco Guerrera has been a financial and business journalist as far as he can remember. In the course of a 20-year career, he has worked in London, Brussels, Asia and the U.S.. After graduating from City University in London with a first-class degree in journalism and economics, Francesco worked for Building Magazine and AFX News […]

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  • Portrait of Robert Guest

    Robert Guest

    I’m the Foreign Editor of The Economist, a British news magazine that is surprisingly popular in the rest of the world. I run our foreign coverage. I’ve been a journalist all my working life. I’ve reported from more than 90 countries and lived in six, covering war, famine, trade, innovation and Donald Trump’s effect on […]

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  • Portrait of Robyn Grew

    Robyn Grew

    Robyn Grew is President at Man Group, which includes responsibility globally for Corporate Sustainability and Responsible Investing; Man Solutions and Man FRM; Central Trading, Funds Treasury and Bank Relationships; Operations; Financial Crime; Corporate Real Estate; and Communications. Based in New York, Robyn is also a member of Man Group’s Senior Executive Governance Committee. Robyn was […]

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  • Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

    One of Britain’s most recognisable paralympic athletes, Tanni Grey-Thompson crowned a magnificent career with two gold medals in the 100 and 400 metres in the 2004 Athens Paralympics. It took her remarkable medal haul over 16 years and five Paralympic Games to 11 gold, 4 silver and a bronze, Tanni also won the London Wheelchair […]

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  • Portrait of Sir Paul Grice

    Sir Paul Grice

    Appointed Principal and Vice Chancellor of Queen Margaret University Edinburgh from 1 October 2019. Previously was Clerk and Chief Executive of the Scottish Parliament. Knighted in the New Year’s Honours List 2016. Graduated in 1984 from Stirling University. Joined the Civil Service through the ā€œFast Streamā€. Worked for the Department of Transport and the Department […]

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