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Topic: Social Sciences

  • Johannes von Stumm

    1959 born in Munich, 1980 – 83 Law and Politics at University Munich !984 – 89 Studies sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden KĂŒnste, MĂŒnchen, Diploma 1995 Move to England 1997 Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors 2003 Founding member of Sculpture Network (Europe) 2004 Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors […]

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  • Edward Vince

    Ed Vince is a London-based Creative Director currently leading the International Team at Airbnb, where he oversees all of the advertising outside of the US. Ed spent five years in California working for both Apple and Facebook before returning to the UK. Prior to this he led his own design studio, working on publishing projects […]

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  • Louisa Vincent

    Louisa is a non-executive director of the Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Investment Trust and Chair of Fight For Sight. She has had a 30-year career in financial services, working globally in institutional, wholesale and retail investment management, most recently as a managing director with Lazard Asset Management Limited where she was Head of Institutions. Prior […]

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  • Sarah Vine

    I have worked as a barrister in the Criminal Justice System for over 20 years, and principally defend people accused of highly emotive and very serious violent and sexual offences. My cases frequently involve acutely vulnerable people, both as defendants and complainants. I teach other barristers how to question those witnesses who cannot cope with […]

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  • John Vary

    A thought leader in the field of retail disruption and human centred innovation, John is Futurologist at the John Lewis Partnership. He is responsible for the Partnership’s innovation team where he oversees the gathering of intelligence about the future; the composing of stories about possible alternative futures; the invention and production of new products and […]

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  • Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman

    Ashok Venkitaraman is the Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research at the University of Cambridge, and directs the Medical Research Council Cancer Unit there. His work has advanced our understanding of how cancer is prevented by genes that maintain the integrity of the information stored in the human genome. He discovered that inherited faults (“mutations”) […]

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  • Portrait of Ewan Venters

    Ewan Venters

    As CEO of Fortnum & Mason, Ewan led the famous Piccadilly destination to a succession of major achievements during his time in post. Under Ewan’s leadership, Fortnum’s has recorded record sales and profits, and have also expanded beyond their historic London home into new locations including prestigious stores in Dubai, Heathrow Airport and St Pancras […]

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  • Adam Vandermark

    Adam is an award-winning TV series producer, achieving 11 industry awards (including 4 consecutive National Television Awards) and BAFTA shortlisted for digital creativity. He is also a previous participant on the Royal Television Society awards judging panels and a member of the Edinburgh Television Festival Advisory Committee. Having worked with Channel 4, ITV and the […]

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  • Baroness Shriti Vadera

    Shriti Vadera is Chair of Prudential Plc. Shriti was Chair of Santander UK from 2015-2020 and until recently Senior Independent Director of BHP. Shriti was Non-Executive Director at Astra Zeneca Plc between 2010 and 2019, Chair of the European Financial Services Chairmen’s Advisory Committee on EU exit negotiations from 2016-2019, and Co-Chair of the No10 […]

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  • Lord Vaizey of Didcot

    Ed is the former Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Wantage in 2005, and was re-elected in 2010 with an increased majority. Born in 1968, Ed attended Merton College, Oxford. When he left university, […]

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