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  • Portrait of Terri Duhon

    Terri Duhon

    An award winning educator and TEDx speaker, Terri Duhon went from a Math degree at MIT to a derivative trader on Wall Street then on to become an entrepreneur and author. She is now an educator, often guest lecturing at Oxford University where she is an Associate Fellow, and a board member of a number […]

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  • Portrait of Pamela Dow

    Pamela Dow

    Pamela is a Director in the Cabinet Office, currently leading the Brexit Readiness Unit. In a career spanning the private, public and social sectors she has influenced major public service reform, notably in education and criminal justice. As Catch22’s Chief Reform Officer she focused on improving social impact at a local level, and established new […]

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  • Portrait of Sarah Douglas

    Sarah Douglas

    Sarah graduated from University College London with an honours degree in literature and joined JWT as a graduate trainee. She moved to AMV BBDO 18 years ago & has touched all of the Agency’s accounts spanning a diverse range of sectors and regions. She has extensive experience in driving the development of global brand platforms […]

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  • Portrait of Doctor Jennifer Dixon

    Dr Jennifer Dixon CBE

    Dr Jennifer Dixon joined the Health Foundation, and independent endowed foundation, as Chief Executive in October 2013. The Health Foundation does research and policy analysis (often the Foundation is called an independent ‘think tank’) and also gives out grants to fund research and projects to improve health and health care in the UK. The Health […]

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  • Portrait of Professor Sir Ian Diamond

    Professor Sir Ian Diamond

    Professor Sir Ian Diamond is Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, an appointment he has held since 1 April 2010. He was previously Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council. He was also Chair of the Research Councils UK Executive Group (2004-2009) the umbrella body that represents all seven UK Research […]

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  • Portrait of Michelle Dickson

    Michelle Dickson

    Michelle went to a comprehensive school in a small town in the Midlands, and after university, started volunteering and working at a theatre, Oxford Playhouse. She worked backstage and in marketing, and after a few months secured her first full-time job as an assistant to the directors. After spells in London working for The British […]

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  • Bob Dewar

    I’ve spent most of my life living and working in Africa. Having been brought up in Nigeria and Malawi and after being a teacher for Voluntary Service Overseas in Sudan, I was lucky enough to work as a diplomat in seven sub-Saharan countries (Angola, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Nigeria) including four times as […]

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  • Portrait of Sir Stephen Deuchar CBE

    Sir Stephen Deuchar CBE

    As Director of Art Fund , I work with museums, galleries, their visitors and artists across the UK. We raise millions of pounds a year to help bring works of art into public collections, to help with the training and development of museum staff, and to help museums reach the public in new and adventurous […]

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  • Yonca Dervişoğlu

    Yonca is Chief Marketing Officer of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Google. She’s been at Google for 13 years, oversees teams in 35 countries, and is responsible for marketing everything from hardware to consumer apps to ads platforms. Yonca cofounded Google Arts and Culture, and she’s behind Grow with Google, the initiative which […]

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  • Portrait of Jo Delahunty QC

    Jo Delahunty KC

    Jo was called to the Bar in 1986, took silk in 2006, became a Recorder in 2009, was made a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2011, and appointed Gresham Professor of Law in 2016, a role she performs alongside her full-time silk practice at 4 Paper Buildings, Temple, London. In March 2019 Jo was given […]

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