Topic: Social Sciences
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26 February, 2020Derek Wyatt
Former MP 1997-2010 & rugby international also played for the Barbarians; working on a BRAIN charity to focus on trauma; founder Oxford Internet Institute 2000; trying to find funding for a digital world foundation; winner 4 national ICT awards; author 7 books inc one on film; enjoy working with start ups and have started a […]
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Sir Chris Wormald
Chris Wormald was appointed Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health in May 2016. His previous posts include: – Permanent Secretary for the Department for Education – Director General in the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office, Cabinet Office – Head of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat, Cabinet Office – Director General, Public Service Reform, Cabinet Office […]
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Roger Wright CBE
Roger Wright CBE has been Chief Executive of Snape Maltings since 2014. Prior to this he was Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Director of BBC Proms for 17 and 7 years respectively. Roger is recognised as one of the UK’s most experienced cultural leaders both nationally and internationally. Educated at Chetham’s School of Music […]
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Leanne Wood
Leanne Wood was born in the Rhondda where she still lives today with her family. She was educated at Penygraig Junior School, Tonypandy Comprehensive School and the University of Glamorgan, from where she graduated with a degree in Public Administration. Before becoming an Assembly Member for the South Wales Central region in 2003, she worked […]
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Professor Miranda Wolpert MBE
Miranda is Head of the Mental Health Priority Area at Wellcome Trust and Professor of Evidence Based Practice at UCL. Miranda has extensive experience as a clinician, policy advisor and academic in the field of child mental health. At Wellcome Miranda leads a £200million portfolio to transform outcomes for children and young people with anxiety […]
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Lisa Winward
Lisa started her police career in North Yorkshire Police in 1993 as a Special Constable in York having completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at the University of York. She joined Humberside Police as a regular officer in 1994 and has worked in a number of posts, both community and detective roles through […]
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Duncan Wilson CBE
Duncan Wilson joined Historic England as the organisation’s first Chief Executive in April 2015. Historic England is a public body which champions heritage across England. It helps people understand, enjoy and value the historic environment, and protect it for the future. Previously, Duncan was Chief Executive of: the Alexandra Park and Palace Trust, developing a […]
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Deborah Williams OBE
Deborah’s career started in the mid-1980s with her first theatre company. She moved to The Pleasance in Edinburgh and became the first manager at Pleasance Islington. She was an actor with Graeae Theatre Company, worked with the London disability arts forum, and taught stage management at the Webber Douglas Drama School. In 2000 she started […]
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Neil Williamson
Neil joined Jardine Motors Group in July 2015 as CEO, having most recently held the position of Managing Director of SEAT UK. Prior to this, Neil was MD of Mercedes-Benz Retail UK from 2004 to 2013, holding responsibility for 40 retail sites with a workforce of 2,200, selling 40,000 cars per annum. Previously, Neil enjoyed […]
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Major General Peter Williams
Major General Peter Williams is a retired Army officer with over three decades of experience in military intelligence, peacekeeping and international military diplomacy, as well as several years spent as a speechwriter to a very senior American general. Currently he edits a military journal (The Guards Magazine) and gives talks, mostly on military history (often […]