Directors
Dr Sheila Lawlor
Sheila Lawlor directs the economic, education, constitutional and social policy programmes of Politeia. Her background is as an academic historian of 20th century British political history, having previously been a research fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and Churchill College, Cambridge. Her academic publications include Churchill and the Politics of War 1940-41, and for Politeia her most recent publication is Deal, No Deal? The Battle for Britain’s Democracy (2018).
Sir Brian Williamson CBE
Sir Brian Willamson is Director at NYSE Euronext, of MT Fund Management Ltd and Politeia, and is a trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. He was also the chairman of LIFFE, the Financial Services Authority, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, Resolution plc, Climate Exchange plc and HSBC Holdings. He was inducted into the Futures Hall of Fame in 2007.
Professor Harold James
Harold James is the Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies, and Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. He specialises in modern German, economic and financial history, and was awarded the Helmut Schmidt Prize for Economic History in 2004, and the Ludwig Erhard Prize in 2005.
Patron
George Robinson
Is co-founder of Sloane Robinson and serves as Patron of Politeia
Academic Advisory Council
Professor Vito Tanzi
Was Professor and Chairman of the Economics Department at Washington D.C. University. He also served as Head of the Tax Policy Division and as Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF.
Professor Deepak Lal
Is Pro
fessor Emeritus of International Development Studies at the Unviversity of California and of Political Economy at University College London. He has also served as consultant to the World Bank.
Professor David Dilks
Was Professor of International History at the University of LEeds and served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull from 1991 to 1999. He is the official biographer of Neville Chamberlain.
Professor Tim Congdon, CBE
Was honorary secretary of the Political Economy club from 1999 to 2010. He is an economist and businessman who currently serves as Chairman of the Freedom Association.
Professor Harold James
Is Professor of History and International Affairs at Woodrow Wilson School. He serves as Chairman of the Editorial Board of World Politics.
The Rt Hon Lord Willets
Is a British Conservative Politician who served as Member of Parliament for Havant from 1992 to 2015 before joining the House of Lords. He served as Minister of State for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014.
Westminster Advisory Council
The Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP
Member of Parliament for Twickenham and Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2017. He served as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015.
The Rt Hon Lord McFall of Alcluith
Is a British Labour Politician who served as Member of Parliament for Dumbarton and then West Dunbartonshire from 1987 to 2010 before joining the House of Lords. He currently serves as the Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
The Rt Hon Frank Field MP
Member of Parliament for Birkenhead since 1979. He is currently chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham
Is a British Conservative Politician who served as Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1997 to 2015 before joining the House of Lords. He has served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and in the Cabinet Office. He was Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 11 May 2015 to 11 April 2016.
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath since 2005. He is the former Secretary of State for Education (2010-14) and Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (2015-16). He currently serves as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2017-).
Lord Lexden OBE
Is an author, historian and politician. He sits as a Conservative Life peer in the House of Lords, having joined in 2010.
Richard Erhman
Is a journalist, businessman and
Consultant Director at Politeia