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  • Portrait of Roz Bird

    Roz Bird

    A chartered surveyor and qualified marketer, Roz joined MEPC in 2007, becoming Estate Director at Granta Park in 2011. In 2014, following MEPC’s acquisition of 131 acres of development land around the Silverstone Circuit, Roz became Commercial Director of Silverstone Park and in 2015, a member of the MEPC Executive Committee. Roz is taking forward […]

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  • Ann Beynon

    Ann has held major roles in the private and public sectors. As BT’s Director for Wales until July 2015, she was the company’s senior representative, overseeing its commercial and policy agenda in the country. This required in-depth knowledge of all aspects of BT’s commercial activities across all its lines of business and engagement with BT’s […]

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  • Andrew Bernard

    Andrew ‘Bernie’ Bernard is a TEDx Speaker, Director of Innovative Enterprise and National Careers Week, Entrepreneur and Fellow of Professional Speaking Association. Bernie has, since 2006, worked with schools, businesses, charities, universities and colleges to help over 145,000 young people Bring the Future to Life through enterprise and careers workshops. All keynotes can be delivered […]

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  • Portrait of Peter Bennett-Jones

    Peter Bennett-Jones

    Peter is a veteran tv, film and theatre producer. His former production company Tiger Aspect was responsible for countless international hits including Mr Bean, the Vicar of Dibley, Charlie and Lola, Billy Elliot and Robin Hood. He currently chairs Burning Bright Prods and PBJ Management. PBJ and KBJ represent leading comedy and presenting talent including […]

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  • Josh Berger

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  • Portrait of Doctor Anna Beer

    Dr Anna Beer

    Anna’s first book, type-written when she was 12, was ‘Wuthering Claudia’, written for, featuring, and strongly influenced by her classmates at Chiswick Community School. Now, several decades on, she continues to write about what interests her – and hopes will interest others. Her latest book, ‘Sounds and Sweet Airs: the Forgotten Women of Classical Music’ […]

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  • Portrait of Professor Jonathan Benger

    Professor Jonathan Benger

    Jonathan Benger is Professor of Emergency Care in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of the West of England. He leads the Emergency and Critical Care Research Theme, and is Director of the Bristol Academic Department of Emergency Care. Jonathan’s main research interests relate to emergency and pre-hospital care, cardiac arrest, […]

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  • Portrait of Sir Peter Bazalgette

    Sir Peter Bazalgette

    Sir Peter Bazalgette is non-executive Chair of ITV and also Chairs LoveCrafts, an online retailer. He led an independent review into the UK’s creative industries as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy. Sir Peter has been a Non-Executive Board Member of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and currently chairs the Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction Book Prize […]

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  • Portrait of Professor Ian J Bateman OBE

    Professor Ian J Bateman OBE

    Ian is an environmental economist with a wide array of research interests. These revolve around the issue of ensuring sustainable wellbeing through the integration of natural and social science knowledge within decision making and policy. Particular interests lie in the fields of quantitative analysis, integrated modelling and the valuation of non-market benefits and costs. Ian […]

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  • Portrait of Kurt Barling

    Kurt Barling

    Kurt went to Comprehensive School in North London. He began his career as a gifted academic at the London School of Economics studying successfully all the way to Ph.D. level. He became a journalist fired up by the need for rigorous and better access driven journalism in the wake of the terrible Broadwater Farm riots […]

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