Topic: Sciences, engineering & technology
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26 February, 2020Dr 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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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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Yonca DerviĹźoÄźlu
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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Professor Anne Dell
Anne Dell is one of Britain’s leading scientists. As Professor of Carbo-Hydrate Biochemistry at Imperial College, London, she specialises in the role sugars play in the body, seeking to answer biological questions such as “How do pathogens infect cells?” and “Why are developing foetuses not rejected as “foreign” by their mothers?” Anne’s laboratory is a […]
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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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Hilton Dawson
Hilton Dawson is a Registered Social Worker, renegade former Labour M.P. first General Secretary of the Social Workers Union, a founder of the North East Party and someone who has pursued change for the past 40 years at individual, community, regional, national and global level. A constant thread has been empowering young people – with […]
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Professor Dame Sally Davies DBE FRS FMedSci
Dame Sally Davies Dame Sally Davies was installed as the 40th Master of Trinity College on 8 October 2019. She joined the College after a distinguished career as a clinical academic and public servant. Dame Sally graduated from Manchester Medical School in 1972 and became a Consultant Haematologist specialising in sickle cell disease. In 1997 […]
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Pratik Dattani
Managing Director for boutique economic consulting firm EPG, specialising in economic analysis, strategic communications and market entry assistance with India, with offices in London, Bangalore and East Africa. He was additionally, until August 2017, UK Director for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the premier and largest industry body in India. […]
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Sophie Darlington
Sophie Darlington is an BAFTA winning UK based natural history filmmaker and Director of Photography who has been making wildlife feature films and television for more than 25 years. She has an outstanding reputation as a highly experienced self-shooting cinematographer specialising in long lens camerawork, beautiful composition, high speed and animal behaviour. Sophie has worked […]