John Lotherington joined our Board of Trustees in July 2019 and became Chair in November 2024. He is Director of the 21st Century Trust in London, and a Program Associate at Salzburg Global, where he was formerly a Vice-President for Programmes. John is also a Fellow of Goodenough College, London.
John began his career in history education and maintains an interest in that area. He currently leads a history education programme for an LSE IDEAS collaboration with the Ratiu Forum in Romania. His publications, as an editor and author, include: The Communications Revolution; Years of Renewal: European History 1470 to 1600; The Seven Ages of Life; The Tudor Years; and introductions to The Prince and The Florentine Histories by Niccolò Machiavelli, The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione, and The Divine Comedy by Dante.