Advisory Board

Sir Richard Sykes

Chairman

Sir Richard Sykes became Rector of Imperial College London in January 2001. He was Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plc until May 2002.

Meg Allen

Meg Allen is Director of DRAMLA SA, Geneva.

Professor Nick Bosanquet

Consultant Director

Nick Bosanquet is Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College, London. He is a health economist who first carried out research on NHS funding in the 1980's for the York Reports sponsored by the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nursing and the Institue for Health Services Management.

Jeremy Browne MP

Jeremy Browne is the Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton.

Rt Hon Frank Field MP

Frank Field is the Labour MP for Birkenhead. From 1997 to 1998 he was the Minister for Welfare Reform, Department of Social Security.

Sir Christopher Gent

Sir Christopher is Chairman of GlaxoSmithKIine plc and a non-executive director of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. He was Chief Executive of Vodafone Group plc until August 2003.

Andrew Haldenby

Director

Andrew Haldenby co-founded Reform with Nick Herbert in 2001. He was previously Communications Director at Business for Stering, Director of Studies at the Centre for Policy Studies and Head of the Political Section in the Conservative Research Department.

Jonathan Hill

Jonathan Hill is a Director of Quiller Consultants, the leading UK communications group which he founded in 1998. He was Political Secretary to the Prime Minister (John Major) until 1994.

Tim Parker

Tim Parker was Chief Executive of the AA until September 2007, and is a non-executive director of Compass Group plc.

Oliver Pawle

Hon. Treasurer

Oliver Pawle is Vice Chairman of UBS Investment Bank.

Sir Steve Robson

Sir Steve Robson was Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director of the Finance, Regulation and Industry Directorate at HM Treasury until 2001.

Derek Scott

Derek Scott is Managing Consultant at Europe Economics. He was Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister until the end of 2003.

Jeremy Sillem

Hon. Treasurer

Jeremy Sillem was the Chairman of Bear Stearns International Limited, the European arm of the New York based investment bank, until January 2004.

Elizabeth Truss

Deputy Director

Elizabeth Truss was Managing Director of Public Affairs at The Communication Group, Head of Public Affairs at Cable&Wireless and started her career at Shell International. She joined Reform in 2008.

Ed Vaizey MP

Ed Vaizey is the Conservative MP for Wantage. He is Shadow Arts Minister.