Chairman
Former Cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including; Secretary of State for Scotland; Defence Secretary; and Foreign Secretary.
Vice-Chair
Scottish Government International Trade Envoy for Higher Eduction.
Member of the British Council Higher Education Group, Board Trustee of the British Council.
Businessman and philanthropist.
Former Chairman of Lloyds TSB Bank.
Chairman of several charitable organisations.
Former CEO of UK Trade and Investment at the UK Government.
Former Chair of the Audit and Risk Committees Huawei Technologies (UK).
Chairman, National Advisory Board for the Performing Arts.
Former strategy advisor to, inter alia, TPG Group, Barclays and The Ditchley Foundation.
College President of UWC South East Asia.
Former Regional Director, China,
British Council.
Former Minister (Culture and Education) at the British Embassy to China.
Co-Chair, Prime Minister’s Business Sector, Council for Scale-ups and Entrepreneurs.
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Forum and firstminute capital.
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Europe & CIS.
Former President CEO of BBDO (China).
Founder & CEO of technology and financial advisory firm Serica.
Chair, Technology & Innovation Committee, BritCham Shanghai.
Northern Powerhouse International Champion for the UK Department for Business & Trade.
Co-founder of the Eden Project. Executive Vice Chair of Eden Project Ltd. Executive Chairman of Eden Project International Ltd.
Founder and CEO of crayfish.io
Co-Vice-Chair, UK-China Tech Forum
Entrepreneur in hospitality, property and education. Former President, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
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