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Topic: Social Sciences

  • 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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  • Professor Jonathan Valabhji OBE

    Professor Jonathan Valabhji is National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity at NHS England and NHS Improvement. He is clinical lead for the NHS England Diabetes Programme, including the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, a collaboration between NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK that has seen England become the first country to […]

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  • Stephen Twigg

    Stephen Twigg – Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association since August 2020. Labour & Co Op MP for Liverpool West Derby between May 2010 and November 2019. Shadow Education Secretary between October 2011 and October 2013. Previously MP for Enfield Southgate (1997-2005) and Minister for Schools (2002-5). Stephen attended Southgate Comprehensive School and Balliol College, […]

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  • Ian Twinley MBE DL

    Ian Twinley joined Ford Motor Company in 1979 as an Engineering Trainee. He finished his apprenticeship in 1983 and then held a number of appointments in Ford of Britain, Ford of Europe and Ford U.S.A during a 22year period. Leadership roles included Marketing for Europe, Fleet & Leasing across Europe, Financial Management & Accounting, Strategic […]

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  • Joe Twyman

    One of Britain’s best known political pollsters, Joe Twyman is Co-Founder and Director of Deltapoll. He previously worked as Head of Political and Social Research at YouGov and was a director at the founding of the company back in 2000. Prior to leading the Political and Social Research Team at YouGov, Joe held a variety […]

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  • Anna Turney

    Ambitious, energetic, dedicated! Double Paralympian, Anna Turney competed on the same slopes as Olympic ski racers, without the use of her legs. Until 2006, Anna aspired to snowboard race for GB but became paralysed in a snowboarding accident. She didn’t let this stop her. Four years after becoming paralysed on snow, Anna finished 6th in […]

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  • Portrait of Chris Toumazis

    Chris Toumazis

    Chris Toumazis is the Director of Business Development for UK & Ireland at WarnerMedia (Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner), developing and executing on growth strategies for the business while supporting, coordinating, and setting the agenda for the executive committee. He started in the film industry in 2019 as chief-of-staff to the President of Warner Bros. […]

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  • Solitaire Townsend

    Solitaire has been a passionate change-maker for over 30 years. As co-founder of Futerra she advises governments, charities and brands including Danone, Lancôme and Vodafone on imagining a better future, and making it happen. With Futerra offices in London, Stockholm, New York and Mexico City she admits that making the world a better place is […]

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  • Justin Tindall

    Justin graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1989 with a degree in Fine Art alongside the likes of Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Attracted by the ‘Ideas’ side of advertising his first agency role came in 1991 at FCA – arguably the UKs first genuinely integrated agency – where his ground-breaking campaign for The Wales Tourist […]

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  • David Thompson

    David Thompson, former head of BBC Films, is an independent film and TV producer. He has produced/executive produced over 100 films and been the recipient of multiple awards, including three BAFTAs, two Golden Globes, and three Emmys. His feature credits include Billy Elliot, Iris, Dirty Pretty Things, Notes on a Scandal, Revolutionary Road, Fish Tank, […]

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