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  • Portrait of Richard Harvey

    Professor Richard Harvey

    Richard Harvey is IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology at Gresham College and Professor at the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He is also the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Admissions at the University of East Anglia. Before joining UEA in 1993, Professor Harvey was a mathematician at first Plessey Naval […]

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  • Portrait of Patrick Harrison

    Patrick Harrison

    Patrick Harrison was Prince Charles’ Press Secretary for 11 years, playing a key role in shaping and enhancing the Royal Family’s reputation, including introducing the Duchess of Cornwall to public life, protecting Princes William’s and Harry’s privacy and encouraging a more proactive approach to media relations. This work combined crisis communications with strategic reputational management […]

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  • Portrait of Robert Hardman

    Robert Hardman

    Robert Hardman is one of the foremost observers of the modern British royal scene. He has covered all aspects of the Monarchy for British newspapers and television for 20 years and has interviewed the Royal Family many times for a series of internationally-acclaimed films including Our Queen (ITV 2013), Charles at 60 (BBC1 2008), Monarchy: […]

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  • Portrait of Chief Constable Rod Hansen

    Rod Hansen

    Rod Hansen joined Gloucestershire Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable in May 2013 and in May 2017 took over as Chief Constable. Rod started his career at Avon & Somerset Constabulary more than 30 years ago and during that time has covered a variety of roles from patrol inspector in central Bristol to District Commander for […]

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  • Portrait of James Hanbury

    James Hanbury

    James Hanbury has spent the majority of his career running a variety of media businesses. Most recently he was Chairman of Drivetribe, a social media platform set up by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond after they left TopGear. Previously, James co founded Incisive Media in 1994, with 8 staff and ÂŁ275k of funding, […]

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  • David Handley

    I have extensive experience in the Middle East and South Asia with particular expertise in the aerospace and defence sector. Prior to joining Veracity, I was Head of Group Strategic Analysis for a leading defence company, and tracked international defence politics, monitored the changing military, security, and threat environment, and provided detailed analyses of the […]

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  • Ben Halls

    Ben Halls is a London-based writer and journalist. He worked in pubs, off licences and several minimum wage jobs before deciding to return to school to pursue his passion for writing. In 2014 Ben completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College in Boston, MA, and completed his Master […]

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  • Portrait of Sharon Hague

    Sharon Hague

    Sharon was appointed Vice President of Pearson Qualifications Services and Executive Director on the Pearson Education Limited Board in January 2014. She is responsible for the development and delivery of Pearson UK’s portfolio of qualifications and assessments including the National Curriculum Tests (NCT) contract. Sharon was educated at a state school in Essex and graduated […]

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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 “Better Faster” 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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