Topic: Sports, leisure, & health
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26 February, 2020Paddy Harverson
After graduating I was a journalist for 15 years, 12 of them spent at the Financial Times. In 2000, I joined Manchester United as its Director of Communications. In 2004 I was appointed Communications Secretary to The Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry. In 2013 I set up my own business, Milltown Partners, […]
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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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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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Baroness Dido Harding
Dido has recently been appointed Non Executive Chair of NHS Improvement. NHS Improvement is responsible for overseeing foundation trusts and NHS trusts in England, as well as independent providers that provide NHS-funded care. She is a non-executive director on The Court of The Bank of England and Chair of the Bank’s Remuneration Committee. She was […]
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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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Matthew Hannaway
Matthew is a Director for Turner and Townsend, and specialised in Risk and Change Management within Infrastructure and Major Programmes. He has worked through the United Kingdom and internationally, in Abu Dhabi. He has held a number of senior role including Head of Risk Management for Magnox, Head of Risk Management for Emirates Nuclear Energy […]
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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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Sam Gyimah
Born in the UK and educated at state schools in the UK and Ghana, Sam Gyimah was elected MP for East Surrey in 2010. Sam serves as Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. He has previously served as Minister for Prisons and Probation, Minister for Childcare and Education, Minister for the Constitution […]
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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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Dr Doug Gurr
Doug is Vice President of Amazon based in the UK. His previous roles included teaching mathematics and computing at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, a stint in the civil service, 6 years with consultancy firm McKinsey ending as partner, growing (as founder and CEO) an internet start-up from nothing to £150m turnover in 5 […]