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A Selection of Past Speakers 1995-2009

Title and organisational affiliation correct at time of engagement with Cumberland Lodge

This list is by no means comprehensive, it is merely meant to indicate the depth and diversity of the speakers we are privileged to draw upon.

Aaronovitch, Mr David - Chief Leader Writer, The Independent;

Adie, Ms Kate – Broadcaster, author, Journalist;

Adonis, Dr Andrew - Head of Policy Unit, 10 Downing Street;

Batmanghelidjh, Ms Camila - Director, Kids Company;

Bennett, Mr Alan - Dramatist & Actor;

Blom-Cooper QC, Sir Louis

Blunkett MP, The Rt Hon David

Bragg, Lord Melvyn - Controller of Arts, London Weekend Television;

Butler-Sloss, DBE, Dame Elizabeth - President of the Family Division;

Chartres, The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard - Bishop of London;

Cheltenham CBE, Rt. Hon. The Lord Holme of

Cope, Ms WendyWriter, poet;

Dallaire, Lt.-Gen.(ret'd) Roméo - Special Advisor, Canadian International Development Agency;

Dickson, Mr Niall - Chief Executive, The King's Fund;

Falconer of Thoroton, Lord - Minister of State, Home Office;

Fox MP, Dr Liam - Shadow Health Secretary, House of Commons;

Garland, Mr Patrick - Director of Films, Plays &Television;

Ghaffur, Mr Tarique - Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police;

Greenfield, Baroness Susan - Professor of Pharmacology, Oxford University

Hall, Sir Peter - Director of Plays, Films & Operas;

Hastings of Scarisbrick, Lord – Chairman, Crime Concern

Henig of Lancaster, Baroness – President, Association of Police Authorities

Hilton, Mr Steve - Partner, Good Business;

Horrocks, Mr Peter - Head of Current Affairs, BBC;

Howard OM, CH, CBE, MC Sir Michael

Hughes MP, Mr Simon - President of the Liberal Democrats;

Johnson MP, Boris – Shadow Minister for Education

Kay, Ms JackieAuthor & poet;

Kirkwood, Professor Tom - Department of Gerontology, Newcastle General Hospital

Kwei-Armah, Mr Kwame – Actor;

Lewis, Mr Peter - Director of Business Development, Crown Prosecution Service;

Lively, Ms Penelope – Author;

MacLeod, Mrs Mary - Chief Executive, National Family and Parenting Institute;

Mahroof, Mr Mohammad - Secretary General, Association of Muslim Police;

Mapanje, Mr Jack – Poet;

Mayne, The Very Revd Michael - Dean Emeritus of Westminster;

McKinnon, Rt Hon Don – Commonwealth Secretary-General;

Midgley, Ms Mary – Philosopher and Writer;

Morgan, Professor Rod - Chairman, Youth Justice Board;

Moser, Lord Claus – former Warden of Wadham College, Oxford;

Murphy-O’Connor, Cardinal Cormac - Archbishop of Westminster

Okri, Mr Ben – Author;

O’Neill, Baroness Onora – Principal, Newham College, Cambridge;

Owers, Ms Anne - HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England & Wales, HM Inspectorate of Prisons;

Oyewole, Mr Dapo - Executive Director, Centre for African Policy & Peace Strategy;

Phillips of Worth Matravers, The Rt Hon Lord – Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Polkinghorne KBE, FRS, Revd Dr John - Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine;

Prashar of Runnymede, Baroness Usha - Chairman Judicial Appointments Commission

Ramadan, Professor Tariq - Islamic Studies University of Oxford

Reiss, The Reverend Professor Michael – Director of Education, The Royal Society

Quinlan, Sir Michael – former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Defence

Rifkind QC MP, Rt Hon Sir Malcolm – former Foreign Secretary

Sentamu, The Rt Revd DrJohn - Bishop of Stepney;

Sharma, His Excellency Kamalesh – Indian High Commissioner

Sulston, Sir John – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge

Tala of Jordan, His Royal Highness Prince El-Hassan bin

Taylor, Mr Jonathan - Chairman of Govenors, SOAS;

Toro-Hardy, His Excellency Alfredo – Venezuelan Ambassador to the UK

Vine, Mr Jeremy - Journalist, BBC News;

Wall, Sir Stephen

Warnock of Weeke, Baroness Mary

Warwick of Undercliffe, Baroness - Chief Executive, Univeristies UK;

Winston, Professor Lord Robert – Professor of Science and Society, Imperial College London

Woolf, Rt. Hon. The Lord - Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Royal Courts of Justice;

Worsthorne, Sir Peregrine - Journalist & Writer