An inclusive globalisation: promoting prosperity for all - Policy Network

An inclusive 

globalisation: 

promoting 

prosperity for all 

Conference pack

progressive governance 2008 

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4 April 2008 

Dear friends and colleagues, 

It is our pleasure to welcome you to this year’s Progressive Governance Conference, hosted by the UK Prime Minister Gordon 

Brown and organised by Policy Network. 

The meeting comes at an important moment for centre-left politics. The 300 leading international policymakers, government 

advisers and experts gathered here today face new opportunities, but also unprecedented challenges and shifting paradigms, 

as the local and global become ever more intertwined. 

Achieving an inclusive globalisation—one that can combine economic dynamism with social justice in a sustainable way 

for the populations of the developed and the developing world alike—is the key political challenge facing today’s generation 

of progressive leaders and politicians. 

Meeting this challenge must start“at home”with bold policies that respond to the far-reaching social and economic changes. 

Yet the current global constellation of political and economic forces increasingly requires countries to take concerted action 

at the regional and international level. 

Today’s conference, informed by a collection of policy papers from leading academics, aims to take the progressive agenda 

forward, equipping centre-left policymakers with new ideas and powerful arguments. The programme is divided into a series of 

plenary and break-out sessions across four critical aspects of globalisation: poverty and development, trade and economic 

integration, climate change and the reform of the international institutions. 

The event would not have been possible without the generous support of Lord Sainsbury. Policy Network would also like to 

thank the City of London and the VP Dahdaleh Foundation for their valuable contributions. 

We are delighted and honoured to welcome you to this forum and we look forward to working with you in the future. 

With best wishes, 

Olaf Cramme 

Acting Director, Policy Network 

Roger Liddle 

Vice-Chair, Policy Network

progressive governance London 2008 

About Policy Network 

What we do 

Policy Network is an international thinktank dedicated to promoting progressive policies and the renewal of social 

democracy. Launched in December 2000 with the support of Tony Blair, Gerhard Schröder, Giuliano Amato and Göran 

Persson, it facilitates the sharing of ideas and experiences among politicians, policymakers and experts on the 

centre-left. In 2008, Policy Network launched a series of new initiatives and consolidated its existing programme of 

research under three main streams of activity. 

Progressive governance 

Since its launch in 1999, the Progressive Governance Network of international policymakers and academics has been 

at the heart of Policy Network’s activity, with major conferences and summits held in Washington, Berlin, Stockholm, 

London, Budapest and Johannesburg over the past decade. Today’s event, dedicated to the theme of “an inclusive 

globalisation: promoting prosperity for all”, is the latest in this series of high profile gatherings. 

The progressive governance strand also brings together Policy Network’s research on globalisation and social justice. 

Since its launch in 2007, this project has focused on the impact of globalisation on social realities in advanced 

economies, with major conferences held in Santiago, Melbourne, Washington and Brussels. A book arising from the 

project will be published at the end of 2008. In the coming year, Policy Network will be taking forward this work by 

offering an international comparative perspective on how globalisation affects conceptions of social justice in 

non-OECD countries as well. 

New ideas for a new generation 

Over the next 12 to 18 months, Policy Network will be working on four major research initiatives under the heading 

“new ideas for a new generation”: 

 

Myths and realities of labour migration 

Policy Network’s latest immigration and integration project, developed jointly with the Barrow Cadbury Trust, 

seeks to provide an in-depth analysis of both public perceptions and the social and economic realities of labour 

migration, with a view to developing a set of policy proposals leading to a progressive centre-left narrative on 

migration. 

 

An EU “fit for purpose” in the global age 

The genesis of this new project, organised in association with the European Institute at the London School of 

Economics and the ELIAMEP thinktank in Athens, is the desire to promote more intelligent and profound public 

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debate about the choices that policymakers face over the future of Europe. The central question addressed 

is—what kind of Europe is “fit for purpose” in the global age? 

The future of social democracy 

This integrated research programme examines key cultural and socio-economic changes affecting European 

societies and their impact on the electoral prospects and strategies of social democratic parties. The project was 

initiated by a major two-day London symposium held jointly with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in February 2008. 

The economic and social implications of climate change 

This project seeks to move current debates about climate change beyond predictions about the world’s climate 

and the possibilities of technological innovation, to focus instead on advancing discussions on how, in real-life 

political contexts, climate change objectives can be reached. 


Forging common futures in a multi-polar world 

Policy Network, in partnership with the Alfred-Herrhausen-Society, the International Forum of Deutsche Bank, has 

initiated a three year programme of investigation and debate around the challenge of forging common futures in a 

multi-polar world. Its starting point is the reality of a multi-polar world in which the major players have sharply 

divergent views of how they see their own and the rest of the world’s future. From 2008 until the end of 2010, Policy 

Network will co-organise a series of two symposia a year, with the first conference held in Moscow in June 2008. The 

aims of the initiative are two-fold: firstly, to foster better multi-lateral understanding of the key global challenges facing 

six major countries/regions of the world (Russia, Latin America, US, Europe, India and China); and secondly, to promote 

a fairer and more functional multi-polar order that is able to recognise and accommodate the different views, values 

and identities of the key global players. 

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Agenda * 

10.30 WELCOME BY POLICY NETWORK 

10.45 – 12.00 A progressive path to equitable growth 

Chair: Peter Mandelson, EU Commissioner for External Trade 

Speakers: Andrés Velasco, Finance Minister of Chile 

Wouter Bos, Finance Minister and Leader of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) 

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists 

12.00 – 13.15 Progressive governance, global governance: meeting the sustainability challenge 

Chair: Roger Liddle, Vice-Chair, Policy Network 

Speakers: Mona Sahlin, Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party 

Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group 

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Leader of the Danish Social Democratic Party 

13.15 – 14.15 LUNCH BREAK 

14.15 – 16.15 BREAK-OUT SESSIONS (see opposite) 

16.15 – 16.45 REFRESHMENT BREAK 

16.45 – 18.30 An inclusive globalisation: promoting prosperity for all 

Speakers: Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia 

Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile 

Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand 

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 

Moderator: Lionel Barber, Editor, The Financial Times 

18.30 – 20.00 RECEPTION 

20.00 DINNER 

Speakers: 

David Miliband, UK Foreign Secretary 

Stéphane Dion, Leader of the Liberal Party, Canada 

* Correct at time of going to print 


BREAK OUT SESSION 1 

Location: the Marquee 

Poverty and development: effective policies for the world’s poor 

Chair: Valerie Amos, Member of the UK House of Lords and former Secretary of State for International 

Development 

Presenters: Ian Goldin, Director, 21st Century School, University of Oxford; Jody Heymann, Professor, McGill 

University, Canada 

Responses: Douglas Alexander, UK Secretary of State for International Development; Essop Pahad, Minister 

in the Presidency, South Africa; António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

BREAK OUT SESSION 2 

Location: the Amber Suite 


Trade and economic integration: a fair deal for global prosperity 

Chair: Pierre Defraigne, Executive Director of the Madariaga European Foundation 

Presenters: Duncan Green, Head of Research, Oxfam GB; Ricardo Andres Lagos, Former Chilean Minister of 

Government Affairs and in charge of multilateral trade negotiations 

Responses: John Hutton, UK Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; 

Lewis B Kaden, Vice Chairman, Citigroup; Tom Bentley, Senior Policy Adviser to the Australian 

Deputy Prime Minister 

BREAKOUT SESSION 3 

Location: the Marquee 

Climate change: between global strategy and domestic policies 

Chair: Anthony Giddens, Former Director of the London School of Economics 

Presenters: Scott Barrett, Professor, Johns Hopkins University; Nick Rowley, Director, Kinesis, Australia 

Responses: Matthias Machnig, German Minister of State for the Environment; Anna Ekström, Chairman, Swedish 

Confederation of Professional Associations; Paavo Lipponen, Former Prime Minister of Finland 

BREAKOUT SESSION 4 

Location: the Amber Suite 

Reviving multilateralism: the reform of the international institutions 

Chair: Giuliano Amato, Italian Interior Minister 

Presenters: David Held, Professor, London School of Economics; Ngaire Woods, Professor, Oxford University 

Responses: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Former Spanish Justice Minister; Sarah Rosen Wartell, Executive 

Vice President, Center for American Progress, and former Deputy Director of the National 

Economic Council in the Clinton administration; Mircea Geoană, Leader of the Romanian Social 

Democratic Party 



Logistics 

We welcome you to the Grove for the Progressive Governance Conference 2008. Please find below useful information 

to assist you throughout the day. 

Security at the conference 

Thank you for your patience and co-operation. High levels of security are essential for this event and we would kindly 

ask that you wear your conference pass at all times and also follow all security instructions. 

Accommodation at the Grove 

International participants who have requested accommodation for Friday night at the Grove can check-in to their 

accommodation at the dedicated Progressive Governance check-in desk located at the Amber entrance. Please note 

that your stored bags will be placed in your designated room for your convenience. 

Keys for your room can be picked up at the Progressive Governance check-in desk from 18.30 (conclusion of the 

conference). Please note that check-out on Saturday 5 April is before 12.00 noon. Late check-outs can be arranged with 

the hotel reception but this is subject to availability. It is important to note that the hotel will add a 50% charge to your 

credit card if you do not vacate your room by 12.00 noon. Breakfast will be served at the hotel from 7.30 to 11.00. 

Break-out sessions 

The Amber Suite will host the following break-out sessions: 

Trade and economic integration: a fair deal for global prosperity 

Reviving multilateralism: the reform of the international institutions 

The marquee will host the following break-out sessions: 

Poverty and development: effective policies for the world’s poor 

Climate change: between global strategy and domestic policies 

The plenary sessions will be video-streamed live on the Policy Network website. 

Policy Network dinner 

Participants who have confirmed they will join the Policy Network dinner on Friday evening should note this will be 

held in the marquee. If your circumstances change and you are unable to join the dinner, can you please notify a 

member of the Policy Network team. 

Transport after dinner 

A free shuttle service between Watford Junction station and the Grove will run from 21.00 to 24.30 on Friday 4 April. This 

service will run approximately every 20 minutes and will take an estimated time of 15 minutes from the venue to the 

station (times may vary due to traffic). Please note each shuttle is limited to only 16 passengers and will work on a first come, 

first served basis. Participants can also book taxis through concierge but must cover these costs personally. 

We hope you have an enjoyable day. For post-conference information please visit the Policy Network website on 

www.policy-network.net. 


The Grove 

Venue layout 




Biographies * 

Frances Adamson (Australia) is a senior career officer with 

the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She 

has served previously in Hong Kong, London and Taipei, and at 

the United Nations in New York. 

Paul Adamson (UK) is the chairman of the Centre, Brussels’ 

first “think-do tank” and the founder/publisher of E!Sharp 

magazine. He is a trustee of the Institute for Citizenship and a 

patron of the University Association for Contemporary 

European Studies. 

Albert Aixala (Spain) is director of the Rafael Campalans 

Foundation, the thinktank of the Catalan Socialist party, since 

2005. A graduate of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 

his research focuses on international relations and European 

integration. 

Giampiero Alhadeff (UK) is secretary general of the European 

Parliamentary Labour party of the European parliament. In the 

past, he has worked in various civil society organisations, 

including as general secretary of the UK development 

organisation, War on Want. 

Rushanara Ali (UK) is an associate director of the Young 

Foundation. She holds various public positions, including 

commissioner for the London Child Poverty Commission, chair 

of Tower Hamlets Summer University and trustee of the Paul 

Hamlyn Foundation. 

Anne Sofie Allarp (Denmark) has been international secretary of 

the Danish Social Democrats since 2003. Politically active for more 

than 20 years, she has also undertaken two long-term postings in 

Zambia and Nepal for the European Commission. 

Klára Akóts (Hungary) is a member of the Council on Foreign 

and Security Policy and adviser to the Hungarian prime 

minister. She has served as chief foreign and security policy 

adviser—and sherpa—to Prime Ministers Ferenc Gyurcsány 

and Péter Medgyessy. 

David Albury (UK) is an independent policy and 

organisational consultant specialising in innovation in, and the 

transformation of, public services. Previously he served as 

principal adviser in the UK prime minister’s Strategy Unit. 

Stephen Aldridge (UK) is director of the UK prime minister’s 

Strategy Unit. A government economist by background, he 

was previously deputy director and chief economist of the 

Unit, and has worked in numerous UK government 

departments. 

Douglas Alexander (UK) has been secretary of state for 

international development since June 2007. He was 

previously secretary of state for transport and Scotland and 

has held a number of ministerial positions, including 

minister for Europe. 

Giuliano Amato (Italy) is the Italian minister of the interior 

and a professor at the European University Institute in 

Florence. He has served twice as treasury minister and twice as 

prime minister of Italy. Amato was a member of the World 

Commission on Fair Globalisation of the ILO and vice president 

of the Convention on the Future of Europe. 

Valerie Amos (UK) is a member of the UK House of Lords. She 

formerly served as leader of the House of Lords and lord president 

of the council. In the UK she has played a central role in the 

government’s broader diversity and community cohesion agenda. 

Michael Andrews (US) is vice president and director of 

international business affairs for Citi, the world’s largest financial 

services company. Prior to the merger of Citicorp and the 

Travelers Group, he headed the Washington DC office for 

Salomon Brothers. 

Christine Antorini (Denmark) is a member of the Danish 

parliament for the Social Democrats. She serves as 

spokesperson on education and is a member of the education, 

research and defence parliamentary committees. 

* Correct at time of going to print 


Cathy Ashton (UK) is leader of the House of Lords and lord 

president of the council. Before entering the cabinet she 

served as a minister in the Department of Constitutional 

Affairs and in the Department for Education and Skills. 

Libby Assassi (UK) is associate fellow of the Centre for Gender 

Studies at the University of Sussex. Her research interests focus 

on gender, inequality and the global political economy, and 

more specifically in relation to global finance and business. 

Luciano Astudillo (Sweden) is a member of the Swedish 

parliament, a position he has held since 2002. He is one of two 

presidents that chair the Social Democrat party’s working 

group on renewing labour market and business sector policies. 

administration reform. He is a former cabinet minister for 

public administration and regional affairs and a professor of 

constitutional law. 

Ed Batt (UK) is head of external relations for Bloomberg EMEA. 

He joined Bloomberg in 1992 to launch Bloomberg Markets 

Magazine. Since then he has run various Bloomberg business 

groups around Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. 

Jonathan Baum (UK) is general secretary of the FDA, a union 

with 18,000 members in senior roles predominantly in central 

government and the NHS. The FDA is a strong advocate of 

reforming public services and trade unions to retain their 

relevance. 


Luis Ayala (Chile) is the secretary general of the Socialist 

International. Previously, he was the president of the 

Worldwide Organisation of Social Democratic Youth. 

Michelle Bachelet (Chile) is president of Chile. 

Alan Beattie (UK) is world trade editor of the Financial Times, 

leading the paper’s coverage of trade policy and economic 

globalisation. Previously he was an economist at the Bank of 

England. He studied economics at Cambridge and history at 

Oxford. 

Lorenza Badiello (Italy) is director of the EU office of the 

Emilia-Romagna region. She previously represented ASTER in 

Brussels. Prior to that, she worked in the thinktank Nomisma. 

Lionel Barber (UK) is editor of the Financial Times. He began 

his career in journalism in 1978 as a report for the Scotsman. In 

1981, he moved to the Sunday Times as business 

correspondent and in 1986 began working as Washington 

correspondent and US editor for the Financial Times. 

Miroslav Beblavý (Slovakia) is the director of the Slovak 

Governance Institute. He was the state secretary of the Slovak 

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family from 2002 to 2006, 

and has a PhD in economics from the University of St Andrews. 

Frans Becker (Netherlands) is deputy director of the Wiardi 

Beckman Foundation, the thinktank of the Dutch Labour party. 

Previously he worked as a political scientist at the University of 

Amsterdam. He is editor in chief of the yearbook of the WBF. 

Scott Barrett (US/UK) is professor at the Johns Hopkins 

University School of Advanced International Studies in 

Washington, DC. He taught previously at the London Business 

School. Barrett’s latest book is Why Cooperate? 

Matt Beech (UK) is director of the Centre for British Politics at 

the University of Hull. He researches New Labour and social 

democracy. His most recent book is Ten Years of New Labour, 

co-edited with Simon Lee (Palgrave 2008). 

Katinka Barysch (Germany) is deputy director of the Centre 

for Economic Reform in London. She has written extensively 

on the economic and political transition in central and eastern 

Europe and on EU enlargement. 

Eric Beinhocker (US) is a senior advisor to McKinsey & 

Company, Inc and the author of The Origin of Wealth. He was 

previously a partner at McKinsey and a co-leader of its global 

strategy practice. 

Franco Bassanini (Italy) is president of Astrid, the main Italian 

thinktank on European institutions, constitutional and public 

Nick Bent (UK) is a director of the Ledbury Group, Britain’s first 

thought leadership consultancy. He was director of the 



London Progressive Governance Conference in 2003. He also 

served as a special adviser at the Department for Culture, 

Media and Sport. 

Tom Bentley (UK) is senior adviser to Julia Gillard, Australia’s 

deputy prime minister. He was formerly director of Demos, a 

London based thinktank, and has worked in senior political 

and policy roles for the British and Victorian governments. 

Andrew Bevan (UK/Canada) is principal secretary and senior 

adviser to Stéphane Dion, leader of the Liberal party of 

Canada, and leader of the opposition. In the last Liberal 

government, he was chief of staff to a minister. 

Polly Billington (UK) is special adviser to Ed Miliband, 

minister for the Cabinet Office. Previously she was a BBC 

reporter for the Today programme, Radio 1 Newsbeat, News 24 

and the Politics Show. 

Wouter Bos (Netherlands) is finance minister and deputy 

prime minister of the Netherlands. Bos became MP for the 

Dutch Labour party in 1998 and party leader in 2002. 

Anne Bostanci (Germany) has been project manager at the 

London office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation since 2006. 

Laurent Bouvet (France) is professor of political science at the 

University of Nice and at Sciences Po (Paris). He is a former 

chief editor of La Revue Socialiste and general secretary of La 

République des Idées. 

Emine Bozkurt (Netherlands) is a member of the 

European parliament for the Netherlands. She is active 

within the women’s rights and gender equality committee, 

the committee for employment and social affairs, culture 

and education, and the EU-Turkey joint parliamentary 

committee. 

Ana Birchall (Romania) is the spokesperson for the Social 

Democratic party and the party’s shadow spokesperson on 

education. She is also counsellor to the president of the 

Foreign Affairs Commission of the Romanian Senate and 

expert on bankruptcy issues at Dimitrie Cantemir University, 

Bucharest. 

Philip Bloomer (UK) is campaigns and policy director at 

Oxfam GB. Previously, he was the head of Oxfam 

International’s campaign to make trade fair and the head of 

advocacy responsible for policy development and lobbying. 

Kees Boef (Netherlands) is director of public affairs of the 

TNT Group at the Express and Mail Company. From 2000 to 

2002 he worked as political advisor to Prime Minister Wim 

Kok and was member of the PvdA campaign team for the 

2002 elections. 

Czako Borbala (Hungary) is country managing partner of 

Ernst & Young in Hungary and deputy managing partner for 

central Europe south. Previously she worked as chief of 

mission of IFC at the World Bank Group. She is also a member 

of the board of directors of the Central European University, 

founded by George Soros. 

Duncan Brack (UK) is associate fellow with the energy, 

environment and development programme at Chatham 

House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), where he works 

on international environmental issues. 

Ed Broadbent (Canada) is a former leader of the New 

Democratic party of Canada and vice-president of the Socialist 

International. He is also a former president of the International 

Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development. 

Gordon Brown (UK) is the prime minister of the United 

Kingdom. 

Matt Browne (UK) is regional director, head of government 

relations practice at APCO Worldwide and the former director 

of Policy Network and editor of Progressive Politics. Previously 

he worked as a chargé de mission for Jacques Delors at Notre 

Europe. 

Annie Bruzzone (UK) is a policy researcher at Policy 

Network. She is currently coordinating Policy Network’s 

immigration and integration research programme and is 

also assisting with the European social model research 

programme. 


Chris Bryant (UK) has been Labour MP for Rhondda since 

2001 and is currently parliamentary private secretary to Harriet 

Harman. An Oxford graduate, he was a curate before working 

for the Labour party and for the BBC. Bryant worked as a 

Hackney councillor for five years. 

Stephen Bubb (UK) is chief executive of Acevo, which 

represents and develops third sector leaders. He is also 

secretary general of Euclid Network, the European body for 

third sector leaders and chair of the Adventure Capital Fund 

which invests in third sector capacity building. 

Anna Bullegas (Poland) is office manager at Policy Network. 

She joined the team at Policy Network in 2003 and is 

responsible for the organisation’s finances and office 

management. 

Paul Burnand (UK) works on UK and international learning 

and skills policy, strategy and technical developments for the 

UK Commission for Employment and Skills. He previously 

worked as a policy consultant for the Sector Skills 

Development Agency and Ufi Ltd. 

Independent on Sunday and education correspondent of the 

Sunday Telegraph. 

Colin Challen (UK) is the Labour MP for Morley and 

Rothwell and member of the Environmental Audit 

Committee since 2001. He is the founder of the All Party 

Parliamentary Climate Change Group, chair of the All Party 

Parliamentary Intelligent Energy Group and founder of the 

Climate Equity Foundation. 

Bronwen Chang (New Zealand) has been New Zealand’s 

deputy high commissioner in London since August 2005. A 

career diplomat, she has served in Tonga, New York, Ottawa, 

Canberra and most recently as ambassador to Mexico. 

Chris Church (UK) is director of CEA, a consultancy 

specialising in policy and research on locally focused 

sustainable development. He is chair of the London 21 

Sustainability Network and a member of the London 

Sustainable Development Commission. 

Helen Clark (New Zealand) is prime minister of New Zealand. 


Joanne Burton (UK) is events manager at Policy Network. 

Before joining Policy Network, she worked at the Northern 

Ireland Office as assistant to the consecutive Northern Ireland 

secretaries of state, Mo Mowlam and Peter Mandelson. 

Charles Clarke (UK) is the Labour MP for Norwich South. He 

has held office in Tony Blair’s governments as Labour party 

chair, secretary of state of education, and home secretary. He is 

married with two children. 

Angelo Gianluca Cairo (Canada) is executive assistant and 

senior adviser to Stéphane Dion, leader of the Liberal party of 

Canada, and leader of the opposition. 

Simon Caney (UK) is professor in political theory at the 

University of Oxford and a tutorial fellow at Magdalen College 

Oxford. He is an expert on human rights, climate change, 

equitable globalisation, fair trade, and global governance. 

Matt Carter (Australia) is a policy analyst in the prime 

minister’s Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street. 

Stephen Castle (UK) is Europe correspondent of the 

International Herald Tribune. He was previously Brussels 

correspondent of the Independent, political editor of the 

Nita Clarke (UK) is the director of the Involvement and 

Participation Association. From 2001 to 2007 she was assistant 

political secretary to Tony Blair, with responsibility for trade 

union liaison. 

David Coats (UK) has been associate director of policy at The 

Work Foundation since 2004. He was a member of the Low Pay 

Commission from 2000 to 2004, and appointed to the Central 

Arbitration Committee, the UK’s industrial court, in 2005. 

Antoine Colombani (France) is a former researcher at Policy 

Network. He currently studies at the Ecole Nationale 

d’Administration and has worked for Joaquín Almunia at the 

European Commission and for Jean-Marc Ayrault, mayor of 

Nantes. 



James Connal (UK) is a political consultant, working primarily 

for Apax Partners. He was previously head of public affairs at 

Apax Partners and before that special adviser to Geoff Hoon in 

his capacities as defence secretary and Europe minister. 

Michael Cooney (Australia) is policy director of Per Capita, a 

new progressive Australian thinktank. From 2003 to 2007, 

Cooney was policy director to successive Australian Labor 

party leaders Mark Latham and Kim Beazley. 

Zaki Cooper (UK) has been director of Business for New 

Europe since February 2006. Prior to that, he worked as the 

head of external relations for the Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan 

Sacks, and for T-Mobile. 

Dan Corry (UK) is head of policy for Prime Minister Gordon 

Brown. An economist, he has worked for a number of state 

secretaries, including industry, education and local 

government. Corry was previously director of the New Local 

Government Network and has worked for ippr. 

Rachel Cowburn (UK) is head of international relations for the 

Labour party. A languages graduate, she has previously 

worked in the European parliament, European Commission, 

British parliament and 10 Downing Street. 

James Crabtree (UK) is director of public services at ippr. 

Previously, he was policy adviser at the prime minister’s 

Strategy Unit, Fulbright scholar at Harvard University, and 

senior policy adviser at the New Democrat Network, in 

Washington DC. 

Olaf Cramme (Germany) is acting director at Policy Network. 

He is also a lecturer in European politics at London 

Metropolitan University. 

Rene Cuperus (Netherlands) is director for international 

relations and senior research fellow at the Wiardi Beckman 

Foundation, the thinktank of the Dutch Labour Party, PvdA. 

Cuperus writes a weekly column in De Volkskrant. 

Victor Phillip Dahdaleh (Canada) is board trustee of the 

William J Clinton Presidential Foundation and the honorary 

president of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance of 

the London School of Economics. He is chairman of the 

supervisory board of Aluminium-Oxide State (AOS) and 

president of the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce. 

Daniel Dăianu (Romania) is a member of the European 

parliament and a professor of economics at the National 

School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest. He is 

a former minister of finance and chief economist of the 

National Bank of Romania. 

Joseph Dancey (UK) has worked as executive assistant to 

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Olympic 

Organising Committee, since January 2008. Previously he was 

a political adviser to Peter Mandelson and Baroness Valerie 

Amos. 

Marta Dassù (Italy) is director general for international 

programmes at Aspen Institute Italia and adviser to the Italian 

minister of foreign affairs, Massimo D’Alema. She served as 

foreign policy adviser to Italy’s prime minister from 1998 to 2001. 

Peter Davis (New Zealand) is professor of sociology and head 

of the sociology department at the University of Auckland. He 

has published widely and is senior editor in health policy for 

the international journal, Social Science and Medicine. 

Sam Daws (UK) is executive director of the United Nations 

Association of the UK. A senior policy adviser on UN issues for 

18 years, Daws has served in numerous roles, including as first 

officer in the executive office of UN secretary-general, Kofi 

Annan. 

Mark Day (UK) is head of communications and programmes 

at Policy Network. Before joining Policy Network, he was 

deputy editor of the Labour magazine Progress, and editor of 

the organisation’s website. He has worked as a researcher in 

the UK parliament, and in the parliamentary office of the lobby 

group Stonewall. 

Pierre Defraigne (Belguim) is currently executive director of 

College of Europe – Madariaga European Foundation. From 

2005 to March 2008, he was director of EUR-IFRI, a 


Brussels-based thinktank. He has held several senior positions 

within the European Commission, including as deputy 

director-general for trade. 

Kemal Derviş (Turkey) is head of the United Nations 

Development Programme. From 2001 to 2002, he was Turkish 

minister for economic affairs and the Treasury. Derviş was a 

member of the Turkish parliament from 2002 to 2005. Between 

1977 and 2001, he held various positions at the World Bank. 

Tibor Dessewffy (Hungary) is the chairman of the Demos 

Hungary Foundation. He is an associate professor at Eötvös 

Loránd University. Previously, he was the founder and director 

of the Elte-Ithaka, the Information and Network Society 

Research Centre. 

Ulrich Deupmann (Germany) is political adviser to the 

German federal minister for foreign affairs and vice-chancellor, 

Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Between 1990 and 2006, he was 

political correspondent for Süddeutsche Zeitung, Berliner 

Zeitung and Der Spiegel. 

Patrick Diamond (UK) is the director of policy and strategy for 

the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. Previously, he 

was director of Policy Network and senior visiting fellow at the 

Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London 

School of Economics. 

Francisco Javier Díaz (Chile) is a lawyer and political scientist. 

He currently heads President Michelle Bachelet’s policy unit at 

La Moneda. 

Marcelo Díaz (Chile) is a member of the Chilean parliament 

for the Socialist party. Previously, he worked as planning 

director at the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Jeroen Dijsselbloem (Netherlands) is a member of 

parliament and spokesperson for the Dutch Labour party on 

home affairs, migration and integration. 

Stéphane Dion (Canada) is the leader of the Liberal party of 

Canada and leader of the official opposition. First elected in 

1996, he has served as Canada’s intergovernmental affairs 

minister, minister for the Parks Canada Agency, and minister of 

the environment. 

Roisin Donachie (UK) is head of international relations at the 

Equality and Human Rights Commission, where she oversees 

policy development. From 2001 to 2005, she worked as a 

political and policy adviser for the PES group in the European 

Parliament. 

Germano Dottori (Italy) teaches strategic studies and 

international security in the LUISS University of Rome and in 

the Link-Campus of the University of Malta, also in Rome. 

Karl Duffek (Austria) has been director of the Renner 

Institute, the political academy of the Social Democratic party 

of Austria, since 1999, and an adviser on programmatic issues 

to the party leader and Chancellor Gusenbauer. 

Tobias Dürr (Germnay) is a writer, journalist and political 

adviser based in Berlin. He is the editor of the Berliner Republik 

magazine and chairman of the thinktank Das Progressive 

Zentrum. 

Vebjørn Dysvik (Norway) is senior adviser at the Norwegian 

prime minister’s office. 

John Earls (UK) is research section head at Unite, the UK’s 

largest trade union. He is a member of the board of the 

Financial Services Skills Council and is a research associate at 

the London School of Economics. 

Juan Manuel Eguiagaray (Spain) is director of thinktank 

Laboratorio de Alternativas at Fundación Alternativas in 

Madrid and a corporate economic adviser. Eguiagaray was 

formerly minister for public administration and for energy 

and industry and a member of the executive committee of 

PSOE. 

Anna Ekström (Sweden) is the president of the Swedish 

Confederation of Professional Associations and the president 

of SACO Unemployment Insurance Fund. She formerly served 

as state secretary at the Swedish Ministry for Industry, 

Communications and Employment. 




Özgül Erdemli (Turkey) is the managing partner of the INSIDE 

Consulting, which specialises in Turkish-EU relations. She is 

also the marketing coordinator of Turkish Policy Quarterly and 

editorial board member of Turkish Studies. 

Juha Eskelinen (Finland) is executive director of the Kalevi 

Sorsa Foundation. Eskelinen previously served as chairperson of 

Social Democratic Youth, secretary general of the Finnish United 

Nations Association and CEO of Save the Children Finland. 

Antonio Estella (Spain) is Jean Monnet professor of European 

Union law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Previously he 

was assistant professor of European law, and coordinator of 

the European Union law department at the University of 

Antonio of Nebrija. 

the progressive left. He is also a national delegate for Europe 

for the Socialist party and a former adviser to Prime Minister 

Lionel Jospin and to the president of the European 

commission. 

Daniel Finkelstein (UK) is a weekly columnist, comment 

editor and associate editor of the Times. 

Alejandro Foxley (Chile) is minister of foreign affairs of the 

Republic of Chile. Previously he served as a senator of the 

Republic of Chile from 1998 to 2006. He was also minister of 

finance from 1990 to 1994. 

Jonathan Freedland (UK) is an editorial page columnist for 

the Guardian. 

John Evans (UK) is general secretary of the Paris-based Trade 

Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC). Prior to 

joining TUAC, he served as research officer at the European 

Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in Brussels. 

Richard Exell (UK) is a senior policy officer for the Trades 

Union Congress, where he responsible for work on labour 

market issues and the coordination of the TUC’s network of 

Unemployed Workers’ Centres. He is also a member of the UK 

social security advisory committee. 

Kevin Featherstone (UK) is professor of contemporary Greek 

studies at the London School of Economics. He formerly 

served as director of the European Institute at the London 

School of Economics. 

Susie Felleti (Australia) is logistics manager at Policy Network 

for the Progressive Governance Conference. Formerly she was 

venue operations manager for the DOHA Asian Games and the 

Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006. 

Cibran Fernandez (Spain) is adviser for the Presidency of 

Galicia in Spain. Previously, he worked as a researcher and 

policy officer at Policy Network. 

Alessandro Fusacchia (Italy) is a member of the cabinet for 

the Italian minister for international trade and EU affairs, Emma 

Bonino. Fusacchia is also a researcher at the European 

University Institute in Florence and a professor at Sciences Po 

in Paris. 

John Fyfe (UK) is a retired trade union leader and former 

government adviser, academic and director. He is still active in 

local community and development issues, policies and 

practice through partnerships between different sectors and 

interests. 

Mark Garrett (Ireland) is chief adviser to the leader of the 

Irish Labour party. Previously he served as external relations 

manager for McKinsey and Co in New York. Prior to that, he 

was head of communications for the Irish Competition 

Authority. 

Timothy Garton Ash (UK) is the author of eight books of 

political writing, chartering the transformation of Europe over 

the last quarter-century. He is professor of European studies in 

the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin professorial fellow at St 

Antony’s College, Oxford, and a senior fellow at the Hoover 

Institution, Stanford University. 

Olivier Ferrand (France) is president of Terra Nova, a 

Paris-based thinktank which aims at the intellectual renewal of 

Mircea Geoană (Romania) is the president of the Romanian 

Social Democrat party. Formerly he served as the ambassador 


of Romania to the United States and was minister of foreign 

affairs from 2000 to 2004. 

Anthony Giddens (UK) is former director of the London School 

of Economics, a life fellow of King’s College, Cambridge and a 

member of the House of Lords. Among his numerous 

publications are The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy 

and Runaway World: How Globalisation is Reshaping Our Lives. 

John Githongo (Kenya) is a journalist, academic and 

anti-corruption crusader in equal measure. He has held senior 

positions in the Kenyan government, at Transparency 

International and St Anthony’s College Oxford. His most recent 

appointment is as vice president for policy and advocacy of 

World Vision International. 

reforming the EU. He is also the biographer of former president 

of the European commission, Jacques Delors. 

Duncan Green (UK) is head of research at Oxfam GB. Previously 

he served as policy adviser on trade and development at the 

Department for International Development and is author of From 

Poverty to Power (Oxfam 2008). 

Paul Gregg (UK) is professor of economics at the University of 

Bristol. He is also a member of the London Child Poverty 

Commission and was formally a member of the council of 

economic advisers at HM Treasury. 

Andrew Grice (UK) is the political editor at the Independent. 

Grice was formerly political editor at the Sunday Times. 


Jozsef Goldfarth (Hungary) is financial director of the 

parliamentary group of the Hungarian Socialist party. He is 

also a member of the supervisory board of the Táncsics 

Foundation (HSP). 

Ian Goldin (South Africa) is director of the James Martin 21st 

Century School. He is also a professorial fellow at Balliol 

College, University of Oxford. 

David Goodhart (UK) is the founder and editor of Prospect 

magazine, a London-based current affairs monthly launched in 

1995. 

Gaëtan Gorce (France) is a member of the French parliament 

for the Socialist party. He is a member of the commission for 

finance and is also vice president of the Socialist group with 

responsibilities for work and employment. 

Alex Gordon (Australia) is a senior adviser in the office of the 

prime minister of Australia. 

Tim Gore (UK) is events manager at the Fabian Society. 

Previously he worked at the thinktank Demos where he 

researched the public value of security. 

Charles Grant (UK) is director of the Centre for European 

Reform, a thinktank that promotes new policies and ideas for 

Jade Groves (UK) is events assistant at Policy Network for the 

Progressive Governance Conference. She was previously an 

intern at Unite the Union. 

Paolo Guerrieri (Italy) is professor of economics at the 

University of Rome La Sapienza and vice president of the 

Institute of International Affairs. He is also visiting professor at 

the College of Europe, Bruges and at the University of San 

Diego, California. 

Montserrat Guibernau (Spain) is professor of politics at 

Queen Mary University in London. He is co-editor of the 

journal Nations and Nationalism and a member of the advisory 

council of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and 

Nationalism (ASEN). 

Damla Gürel (Turkey) is a board member of the Center for 

Economic and Foreign Policy Studies. During the November 

2002 elections, she was elected as a member of the Grand 

National Assembly as a part of the opposition party, the 

Republican People’s party. 

Ravi Gurumurthy (UK) is the strategic adviser and speech 

coordinator to the UK foreign secretary, David Miliband. 

Gurumurthy has previously worked in several central 

government departments, including the Cabinet Office, Local 

Government and Communities, and Education. 



António Guterres (Portugal) is UN high commissioner for 

refugees, a position he has held since 2005. Guterres previously 

served as the prime minister of Portugal from 1996 to 2002. 

Tony Halmos (UK) is director of public relations at the City of 

London. Previously, he served as associate director of public 

affairs at Hill and Knowlton, press secretary to David Steel and 

held various positions within the Social Democratic party. 

Clarisa Hardy (Chile) is a consultant at the Chilean thinktank 

Proyectamerica. Previously Hardy served as minister of 

planning to the government of President Michelle Bachelet 

and was the executive director of Fundación Chile 21. 

David Harley (UK) is deputy secretary-general of the 

European parliament. Previously Harley served as 

secretary-general of the parliamentary group of the Party of 

European Socialists and spokesman for the European 

parliament president, Pat Cox from 2002 to 2004. 

Anke Hassel (Germany) is professor of public policy at the 

Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Previously Hassel was a 

visiting scholar at the Social Science Research Center Berlin 

and King’s College, Cambridge, and worked for the planning 

department of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour. 

Ingvard Havnen (Norway) is director general at the 

Norwegian prime ministers office. 

Edmond Haxhinasto (Albania) is chairman of the national 

steering committee of the Socialist Movement for Integration. 

Formerly he served as the international secretary and as 

executive director of the Institute for Peace Development and 

Integration. 

Dianne Hayter (UK) is chair of the Labour party’s National 

Executive Committee. She is also a consumer representative 

on National Consumer Council and various regulatory bodies, 

and former chief executive of EPLP, two health charities and 

the Fabian Society. 

Eero Heinäluoma (Finland) is the chairman of the Social 

Democrat party of Finland (SDP). Previously Heinäluoma was 

the general secretary of SDP, the minister of finance and 

deputy prime minister. 

David Held (UK) is Graham Wallas professor of political 

science and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global 

Governance at the London School of Economics. 

David Hetherington (Australia) is executive director and 

co-founder of Per Capita, a progressive thinktank. He has 

previously worked for the Institute for Public Policy Research, 

OECD and LEK Consulting. 

Patricia Hewitt (UK) is the Labour MP for Leicester West, a 

position she has held since 1997. Hewitt previously served as 

secretary of state for health, secretary of state for trade and 

industry and cabinet minister for women. She is also 

non-executive director of BT. 

Jody Heymann (US) is a Canada research chair in global 

health and social policy. Heymann is founding director of the 

Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University and 

the founder of the project on global working families at 

Harvard University. 

Mayer Hillman (UK) is a senior fellow emeritus at the Policy 

Studies Institute and was head of PSI’s environment and 

quality of life research programme from 1970 to 1992. He is 

also the author of 40 books on transportation, planning and 

environment policies. 

Susan Hitch (UK) is the manager of Lord Sainsbury of Turville’s 

pro bono programme. She is also a broadcaster and a former 

fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. 

Dorothea Hodge (UK) is head of communications for the 

Progressive Governance Conference. Previously she was 

special adviser to the House of Lords and managed the Labour 

party press office for the 2005 general election. 

Paul Hofheinz (US) is president and co-founder of the Lisbon 

Council, a Brussels-based thinktank and policy network. 

Previously Hofheinz was a journalist at the Wall Street Journal, 

Fortune and Time magazine. 


Duncan Howitt (Australia) is executive officer in the political 

and trade policy branch of the Australian High Commission. 

Richard Howitt (UK) is a Labour member of the European 

parliament for the east of England. He is vice chair of the 

human rights sub-committee, member of the committee on 

foreign affairs, human rights, common security and defence 

policy and the Labour European spokesperson on foreign 

affairs. 

John Humphrey (UK) is team leader of the globalisation team 

at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. 

Humphrey is also the coordinator of the team’s research 

programme on the impact of China on developing economies. 

John Hutton (UK) is UK secretary of state for business, 

enterprise and regulatory reform. He was previously secretary 

of state for work and pensions. Hutton entered the cabinet as 

chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in May 2005. 

Yusuf Isik (Turkey) is former head of the strategic research 

department of the Strategic State Planning Organisation and 

has previously served as adviser to Kemal Derviş in his former 

role as the minister of state for economic affairs. 

Michael Jacobs (UK) is a member of the council of economic 

advisers at HM Treasury. He is an environmental economist, 

author of The Green Economy and The Politics of the Real World, 

and was formerly general secretary of the Fabian Society. 

Hannah Jameson (UK) is editorial manager at the Fabian 

Society. 

Alejandro Jara Weitzmann (Chile) is presently analysis and 

planning director at CODELCO, the world’s largest copper 

producer, and a fellow of the progressive Chilean thinktank, 

Instituto Igualdad. 

Isra Jawad (UK) is events assistant at Policy Network. 

Maria João Rodrigues (Portugal) is special adviser to the 

European Commission on the Lisbon agenda issues. She is a 

former minister of employment in Portugal and professor of 

economics at the Higher Institute of Social Sciences and 

Business Studies, University of Lisbon. 

Elena Jurado (Spain) is head of research at Policy Network. 

Before joining Policy Network, Jurado was a junior research 

fellow and lecturer in politics at the University of Oxford. 

Recently, she has worked as an administrator at the Council of 

Europe. 

Donald Kaberuka (Rwanda) is president of the African 

Development Bank Group. Previously he served as Rwanda’s 

minister of finance and economic planning, from 1997 to 2005. 

Lewis B. Kaden (US) is vice chairman of Citi Inc Kaden is a 

former partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell and professor of law at 

Columbia University. He sits on the board of directors of 

ArcelorMittal, LLC and is chairman of the board of trustees of 

the Markle Foundation. 

Gavin Kelly (UK) is special adviser to UK Prime Minister 

Gordon Brown. Previously, Gavin was a member of the prime 

minister’s strategy unit and research director at the Institute of 

Public Policy Research. 

Steven Kennedy (Australia) is a senior economic adviser to 

the prime minister of Australia. Kennedy was previously the 

general manager of the domestic economy division of the 

Treasury. 

Martin Kettle (UK) has been a writer at the Guardian since 

1984, where he has been a columnist, classical music critic, 

political leader writer, Guardian Europe editor and US bureau 

chief. 

Oona King (UK) is an adviser on equalities issues in the policy 

unit and in the prime minister’s political office. She is chair of 

the Institute of Community Cohesion, and was Labour MP for 

Bethnal Green & Bow from 1997 to 2005. 

Glenys Kinnock (UK) is a member of the European parliament. 

She is Labour’s European spokesperson on international 

development as well as co-president of the African, Caribbean 

and Pacific EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. 




Bert Koenders (Netherlands) has been Dutch minister of 

development and international cooperation since February 

2007. Prior to this he was the president of the NATO 

Parliamentary Assembly. 

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (Poland) is professor of sociology and 

director of the Institute of Public Affairs, an independent, 

non-partisan public policy thinktank in Poland. Previously she was 

director of CBOS, Poland’s largest public opinion research centre. 

Emilia Kraleva (Bulgaria) has been a counsellor at the 

Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992, where she has 

served with the directorates for south-east Europe; the 

European Union, and foreign policy coordination. 

Janine Krieber (Canada) is a member of the Institut 

québécois des hautes études internationals. 

Jürgen Krönig (Germany) is a commentator, mostly for Die Zeit, 

the German Weekly, and other publications in Germany, Britain 

and Switzerland. He is a board member of Policy Network. 

Laura Kwiatowski (France) is adviser for international affairs 

to Eric Besson, the French secretary of state for strategic 

planning, public policy evaluation and digital economy. 

Leticia Labre (Philippines) is projects manager for 

communications and development at the One World Trust. 

Ricardo Andrés Lagos (Chile) served as minister of 

government affairs to the government of President Michelle 

Bachelet between 2006 and 2007. Previously, Lagos was in 

charge of multilateral trade negotiations at the Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs and Trade (1996 – 2005). 

Catriona Laing (UK) is head the Department for International 

Development Sudan. Previously she was a member of Prime 

Minister Tony Blair’s Strategy Unit and produced the 

government’s white paper on globalisation in 2000. 

Alon Laniado (Belgium) is a policy adviser, currently working 

on tax strategy, at HM Treasury. Prior to that, Laniado was as an 

economic consultant with ADE on European and international 

development projects and a management consultant with 

Bain & Co. 

Jan Larsson (Sweden) is a consultant at McKinsey, 

specialising in the public sector. He is a former Swedish 

secretary of state and is sherpa to the Progressive Governance 

Conference for the Swedish prime minister. 

Simon Latham (UK) is a final year undergraduate at Christ 

Church, University of Oxford, reading history and politics. 

He was an intern at Policy Network over the past two 

summers. 

Matthew Laza (UK) is a current affairs series television 

producer for the BBC, based in Manchester on The ONE Show. 

Previously he worked on BBC One’s Politics Show and Radio 4’s 

The Westminster Hour. 

Diana Lazenby (UK) is director of the third sector consultancy 

organisation, Lazenby Education Ltd. 

Derek Leask (New Zealand) is the high commissioner to New 

Zealand in London. Previously, he has been ambassador to the 

European communities, New Zealand’s agriculture negotiator 

for the WTO and deputy secretary in Wellington for trade and 

economic affairs. 

Simon L Lewis (UK) is a Royal Society research fellow at the 

Earth & Biosphere Institute of the University of Leeds. 

Roger Liddle (UK) is vice chair (policy) of Policy Network. 

Previously he served as economic adviser to the European 

commission president José Manuel Barroso, and former 

European adviser to Tony Blair. He is a visiting fellow at the 

European Institute of the London School of Economics and a 

board member of Policy Network. 

Oscar Landerretche (Chile) is professor of economics at the 

University of Chile. He is the executive secretary of the 

presidential council on labour and equality. 

Bruno Liebhaberg (Belgium) is the chairman of Gauche 

Réformiste Européenne, an independent Belgian thinktank. A 

former adviser to President Jacques Delors at the European 


Commission, Liebhaberg is also professor at the University of 

Brussels. 

Bjarne Lindstrøm (Norway) is ambassador to the Court of St. 

James’s. Previously he served as the director general at the 

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the administrative 

affairs department. 

Paavo Lipponen (Finland) is former prime minister of Finland 

and former chairman of the Finnish Social Democrat party. He 

was also speaker of the Finnish parliament until March 2007. 

John Lloyd (UK) is the contributing editor at the Financial 

Times. Previously he has been the labour editor, east Europe 

editor and the Moscow bureau chief. 

Måns Lönnroth (Sweden) is former secretary of state at the 

Swedish Ministry of Environment. He is a board member of the 

Volvo Research and Educational Foundation and the 

International Institute of Sustainable Development, and is a 

member scientific council IDDRI. 

commissioner to Malaysia and high commissioner to the 

United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. 

Alice Macdonald (UK) is currently the international policy 

officer at the Labour party. She has previously worked for the 

British Council in Senegal and the Foreign and Commonwealth 

Office in Italy. 

Matthias Machnig (Germany) is minister of state at the 

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature 

Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Previously he has been the 

federal executive secretary of the German Social Democrat 

party. 

Peter Mandelson (UK) is the European commissioner for 

external trade. He served in the government of Tony Blair as 

secretary of state for Northern Ireland and secretary of state for 

trade and industry. 

Laila Manji (UK) is the events manager for the Progressive 

Governance Conference. 


Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar (Spain) is the general secretary 

of the Spanish Socialist party in the Canary Islands and a 

member of the federal executive commission of the Spanish 

Socialist Working party. Previously he was the Spanish minister 

of justice in the government of José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. 

Andrew Marr (UK) is a journalist and political commentator. 

He is the host of Start the Week programme on BBC Radio 4. 

Previously, he served as political editor on the BBC News from 

2000 to 2005. Marr has also worked as political editor for the 

Independent, the Scotsman and the Economist. 

Ben Lucas (UK) is director of the Public Service Research 

Group, a new independent thinktank. Lucas is also a trustee of 

the New Local Government Network and serves on the 

advisory board of Financial Dynamics. 

Agnes Lux (Hungary) is affiliated to the Faculty of Law at 

Eötvös University, Budapest. 

Mogens Lykketoft (Denmark) is foreign policy spokesperson 

for the Danish Social Democrat party. Previously he has been 

the minister for taxation, the minister for finance, and the 

minister for foreign affairs. 

Lindiwe Mabuza (South Africa) is a member of the South 

African national parliament, ambassador to Germany, high 

Hans Martens (Netherlands) is chief executive of the 

European Policy Centre. Apart from leading the Centre, he 

concentrates his analytical work on European economic and 

social models, welfare creation and the effects of the 

knowledge society, globalisation and demographics. 

David Mathieson (UK) is head of geo-political risk BBVA. He is 

a former special adviser to Robin Cook; a solicitor; and fellow at 

the Fundación Para Relaciones Internacionales y Diálogo 

Exterior (FRIDE) in Madrid. 

Rachel Maycock (UK) is a former Labour party parliamentary 

candidate for Montgomeryshire in Wales. She has previously 

been a parliamentary officer at the European Parliamentary 

Labour party in Brussels. 



Linda McAvan (UK) is a vice president of the Socialist Group in 

the European parliament with a portfolio for climate change. 

She is a member of the environment committee and 

temporary climate change committee. She has been an MEP 

since 1998, representing Yorkshire and the Humber. 

Claire McCarthy (UK) is special adviser to Caroline Flint on 

housing and planning issues at the Department of Local 

Government and Communities. Previously she was special 

adviser at Department for Work and Pensions and Northern 

Ireland Office. 

Stryker McGuire (US) is Newsweek’s London bureau chief 

and a contributing editor of the magazine. Stryker is also the 

founding editor of a new London-based foreign affairs 

journal, International Quarterly, and an associate at Lombard 

Street Research, an economics consultancy in the City of 

London. 

Declan McHugh (UK) is a special adviser to the UK minister of 

state for justice, Jack Straw. Formerly he was the director of the 

parliament and government programme at the Hansard Society 

and a member of the Democracy Series editorial board. 

Kirsty McNeil (UK) is assistant political secretary in the prime 

minister’s political office. Before joining Downing Street in 

2007, she was the European government relations manager for 

DATA, the Africa campaigning organisation set up by Bono and 

Bob Geldof. 

Michael McTernan (Northern Ireland) is communications 

and research officer at Policy Network. 

John McTernan (UK) is special adviser to the UK’s secretary of 

state for defence. Previously he was political secretary to Prime 

Minister Tony Blair and UK sherpa for the Progressive 

Governance Network. 

Ulrich Meister (Switzerland) has been the foreign editor and 

a correspondent with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung since 1974, 

based in Bonn, Africa, Moscow, Paris, Madrid and London. He is 

author of Africa’s Lost Illusions and holds an MoA and BoA from 

the University of Zurich. 

Claire Melamed (UK) works at Action Aid UK, where she leads 

a team which does research, lobbying and campaigning on 

trade policy and corporate accountability. She has also worked 

for Christian Aid, the United Nations and taught at the 

University of London. 

Corinne Mellul (France) is head of international relations at 

the Centre d’analyse stratégique (CAS), based in the prime 

minister’s office in France, and a professor at the Institut 

Catholique de Paris, Department of Social Science. 

David Mepham (UK) is the director of policy at Save the 

Children. Prior to this he was the head of the international 

programme at the Institute for Public Policy Research. 

Ilir Meta (Albania) is an MP and leader of the Socialist 

Movement for Integration in Albania. He is chairman of the 

Parliamentary Commission for European Integration. He 

served as prime minister of Albania at the age of 29 from 

November 1999 until January 2002. 

Ann Mettler (Germany) is executive director and co-founder 

of the Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based thinktank. Prior to this 

appointment, she worked at the World Economic Forum, 

where she served as director for Europe. 

Henning Meyer (Germany) is head of the European 

programme at the Global Policy Institute at London 

Metropolitan University and managing editor of the Social 

Europe journal. 

Frédéric Michel (France) is the managing partner of the 

management consultancy Reputation Inc in London. He was 

previously the founding director of Policy Network, a senior 

research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research and 

fellow of the European University Institute in Florence. 

Alan Milburn (UK) was elected as the Labour MP for 

Darlington in 1992. He was chief secretary to the Treasury from 

1998 to 1999; secretary of state for health from 1999 to 2003, 

and Chancellor to the Duchy of Lancaster from 2004 to 2005 

when he ran the general election campaign for the Labour 

party. 


David Miliband (UK) was appointed foreign secretary in June 

2007. Before that he was secretary of state for DEFRA having 

previously entered the cabinet in May 2005 as minister of 

communities and local government. 

Ed Miliband (UK) is minister for the Cabinet Office and 

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Previously, he was 

minister for the third sector and chair of HM Treasury’s council 

of economic advisers. 

Carlos Miranda (Spain) has been Spanish ambassador to the 

UK since 2004. He entered the Spanish diplomatic service in 

1969, served as director general for Latin America in 1982 and 

security and disarmament director general from 1986 to 1991. 

He was ambassador to NATO from 1991 to 1996 and 

ambassador to the Geneva Disarmament Conference from 

2001 to 2004. 

Federico Mirré (Argentina) has been ambassador of the 

Argentine Republic to the UK since 2003. He was part of the 

British-Argentine talks on Malvinas, Berne in 1984. He has 

served as ambassador to the Ivory Coast, Burkina Fasso and 

Niger in 1988; and Norway and Iceland, in 1994. 

Nina Mitz (France) is chairman and managing director of 

Financial Dynamics France and a partner of FD 

International. He is honorary president of CAPE 

(International French Press Centre), and special adviser to 

IDDRI (Institute for Sustainable Development and 

International Relations). 

Juan Moscoso del Prado (Spain) is a member of parliament 

and the spokesperson on European affairs for the Spanish 

Socialist Worker’s party. 

Constance Motte (France) is “chargée de mission” in the 

French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. 

Previously she worked as a parliamentary researcher for the 

MP Denis MacShane and as a policy researcher at Policy 

Network. 

Carlos Mulas-Granados (Spain) is a tenured professor of 

applied economics at Complutense University. He was deputy 

director of the Spanish prime minister’s Economic Office from 

2004 to 2006 and has led the writing committee of the PSOE’s 

electoral manifesto 2008. 

Geoff Mulgan (UK) is the director of the Young Foundation. 

He is a former director of the government’s Strategy Unit and 

head of policy in the prime minister’s office. Mulgan founded 

the thinktank Demos and is a visiting professor at LSE, UCL and 

Melbourne University. 

Vladimír Müller (Czech Republic) is Czech ambassador to 

Belgium. Previously he served as the deputy foreign minister 

for Europe. 

Meg Munn (UK) is the Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley and 

was appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state at 

the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in June 2007. She 

was minister for women and equality from 2005 to 2007. 


Alphée Moreau (Canada) is tour coordinator for Stéphane 

Dion, the leader of the Liberal party of Canada. 

Rafael Moreno (Chile) is ambassador of Chile to the UK and 

non-resident ambassador to Libya. He as served as a senator of 

the Republic from 1972 to 1973, and from 1996 to 2006, and 

was responsible for Chile’s agrarian reform. 

Michael Morgan (Australia) is the director of international 

projects for the Australian Labor party. He has worked in 

Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Philippines 

and Indonesia. 

András Nagy (Hungry) is a senior researcher at DEMOS 

Hungary. Previously he worked as a researcher for Policy 

Network. 

Adrian Nastase (Romania) is a parliamentary speaker in the 

Romanian assembly and a member of the Social Democratic 

party (PSD). He is a former prime minister of Romania, holding 

office from 2000 to 2004. 

Jorge Navarrete (Chile) is partner at the Del Río & Morgan law 

firm. He served as undersecretary of government during 

President Lagos’ administration. 



Sonja Niehoff (Germany) is personal assistant to the German 

minister of state Matthias Machnig, at the Federal Ministry for 

the Environment. 

Katarina Niewiedzial (Poland/Germany) is a political 

scientist and director of the thinktank Das Progressive 

Zentrum in Berlin. Previously, she worked at the Free 

University Berlin and for the Berlin Senate. 

Jean-Michel Normand (France) is a journalist on the business 

newspaper Les Echos and for Le Monde since 1989. He was a 

journalist in the French press agency AFP from 1979 to 1987. 

Geoffrey Norris (UK) is a senior policy adviser in the office of 

the UK prime minister Gordon Brown. He has been an adviser 

to the prime minister’s office on business, industry and energy 

since 1997. 

Andrés Ortega (Spain) is a columnist and editorial writer for 

El País, and the director of the Spanish edition of Foreign 

Policy. He was previously head of the policy planning unit of 

former Spanish prime minister, Felipe González. His latest 

book, Las fuerza de los pocos, was published in 2007. 

Sheila Page (UK) is a senior research associate at the 

Overseas Development Institute, with interests in trade and 

development. She has also advised African and Latin 

American developing countries in multilateral and regional 

negotiations. 

Essop Goolam Pahad (South Africa) is currently South 

Africa’s minister in the presidency. After the 1994 democratic 

elections, he served as the parliamentary counsellor to the 

then-deputy president Thabo Mbeki and as the deputy 

minister in the office of the deputy president. 

Wolfgang Nowak (German) is spokesman of the executive 

board of the Alfred Herrhausen Society, the International 

Forum of Deutsche Bank. A former state secretary, he was 

director-general for political analysis and planning at the 

German Federal Chancellery from 1999 to 2002. 

Rosemary Nuamah (UK) is policy adviser and special assistant 

to the UNDP administrator. Prior to joining UNDP, she was a 

ministerial speechwriter at the Foreign and Commonwealth 

office. 

Pär Nuder (Sweden) is a member of the Swedish parliament, 

and former minister for finance, culture and policy 

coordination. He is also a member of the Swedish social 

democratic party’s executive. 

Carey Oppenheim (UK) is co-director of the Institute for 

Public Policy Research. She is also chair of the Commission on 

Child Poverty in London, set up by London councils and the 

Greater London Authority to develop solutions to child 

poverty in the capital. 

Colm O’Reardon (Ireland) is director of policy in the office of 

the leader of the Labour party in Ireland. He was previously an 

economist with the National Economic and Social Council. 

Joakim Palme (Sweden) is the director of the Institute for 

Futures Studies. He is also associated to the Swedish Institute 

for Social Research, Stockholm University, as a professor. 

Alexandra Pardal (UK) is political adviser to the president of 

the Party of European Socialists, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. 

Previously she worked as a public affairs consultant in London 

and Brussels. 

Sara Parkin (UK) is a founder director and trustee of Forum for 

the Future. She designed its pioneering leadership for 

sustainable development masters, and maintains a focus on 

integrating “sustainability literacy” into education and 

professional training. 

Angel Pascual-Ramsay (Spain) is head of the globalisation 

and governance programme at the International Foundation 

for Administration and Public Policy. 

Nick Pearce (UK) is the head of strategic policy at the UK 

prime minister, Gordon Browns policy unit. Previously he was 

the director of the Institute for Public Policy Research. 

Quentin Peel (UK) is international affairs editor of the 

Financial Times. He is also an associate editor, responsible for 


leader and feature writing, and writes a foreign affairs column, 

Between the Lines. 

Werner Perger (Austria) is a political correspondent, writer 

and editor for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit. 

Cecilia Perla (Peru) is a policy officer at Policy Network. She 

has previously worked as a project officer for Peru’s social 

development fund and as a research analyst for an NGO 

promoting decentralisation and civil society participation in 

Peru. 

Jonathan Perraton (UK) is senior lecturer in economics and 

deputy director of the Political Economy Research Centre at 

the University of Sheffield. He has written extensively on 

economic globalisation and its policy consequences. 

Andrea Peruzy (Italy) is executive director of the Fondazione 

Italianieuropei. 

previously a special adviser to Robin Cook and Peter Hain 

between 2001 and 2005. 

Jeff Price (US) is a senior fellow for climate change and 

biodiversity at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring 

Centre in Cambridge. He is a lead author on the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s third and fourth 

assessment reports and has contributed to the Stern Review of 

the economics of climate change. 

Andrew Puddephatt (UK) is the founding director of Global 

Partners and Associates. He is a visiting fellow at the Centre for 

the Study of Human Rights at the London School of 

Economics. 

András Pulai (Hungary) is a political adviser at the prime 

minister’s office of Hungary, and the head of the Young 

Socialists’ internal thinktank. He was previously a senior 

researcher at Demos Hungary. 


Tomáš Petříček (Czech Republic) is vice chair of the Foreign 

Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. He has also 

served as the international secretary of the Czech Social 

Democratic party. 

Giedre Purvaneckiene (Lithuania) is an adviser to the prime 

minister of Lithuania. He is a doctor of social sciences and an 

associate professor at Vilnius University. He was a member of 

the Lithuanian parliament from 2000 to 2004. 

Robert Philpot (UK) is director of Progress. He is a former 

special adviser to Peter Hain. 

Jean Pisani-Ferry (France) is the director of Bruegel, and a 

professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine. He was previously 

an economic adviser at the European Commission. 

Lapo Pistelli (Italy) is the international secretary of the Italian 

Democratic Socialist party, and an MEP. He is also deputy 

leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. 

David Pitt-Watson (UK) is general secretary of the Labour 

party, chairman of Hermes equity ownership services, and a 

director of Hermes focus asset management. His book, The 

New Capitalists, was published in 2006 by Harvard University. 

Greg Power (UK) is a director of Global Partners and 

Associates. A specialist in parliamentary systems he was 

Gary Quinland (Australia) is the Australian prime minister’s 

senior adviser for foreign affairs, national security, defence and 

trade. Previously, he worked overseas with the Australian 

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 

Oisín Quinn (Ireland) is a member of Dublin City Council, 

where he represents the Labour party. Previously, he worked 

for the Irish Law Reform Commission. 

Florence Quirici (France / Switzerland) is an external and 

government relations executive at Bloomberg. 

Lianne Raap (Netherlands) is political assistant to minister 

Wouter Bos in the Dutch Ministry of Finance. 

Giles Radice (UK) is chair of Policy Network. He was Labour 

MP for Durham North until he was made a life peer in 2000. He 

was chairman of the European Movement from 1995 to 2001, 



and formerly served as Labour shadow cabinet member and 

chair of the Treasury Select Committee. 

Sophie Radice (UK) is a journalist who writes for the Guardian 

and the Independent newspapers. 

Branimira Radoslavova (Bulgaria) is a public affairs 

consultant with Apex Communications. Previously, she was a 

researcher at Policy Network. 

Razi Rahman (UK) is currently a director at APCO Worldwide. 

He previously served as assistant political secretary to former 

Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2000 to 2007. 

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (Denmark) is the president of the 

Party of European Socialists (PES) and an MEP. He is a former 

prime minister of Denmark and leader of the Danish Social 

Democratic party. 

Marta Rebelo (Portugal) is a member of the Portuguese 

parliament and a member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs 

and the Committee of Budget and Public Finances. She is a 

former chief of staff of the secretary of state for home affairs. 

Emma Reynolds (UK) is special adviser to the government 

chief whip, Geoff Hoon. Previously she worked for six years in 

Brussels for various organisations, including the Party of 

European Socialists. 

Steve Richards (UK) is chief political commentator for 

the Independent newspaper and presenter of GMTV’s 

Sunday Programme. Before that he was the political 

editor of the New Statesman and a BBC political 

correspondent. 

Peter Riddell (UK) is a political commentator and assistant 

editor for the Times newspaper. Before this he was economics 

correspondent, political editor and Washington bureau chief of 

the Financial Times newspaper. 

Andrés Rivera (Chile) is an assistant professor at the 

University of Chile. He is an expert on remote sensing 

techniques and geophysical survey methods. 

Marcos Robledo (Chile) is the foreign and defense policy 

adviser to the president of Chile. Previously, he served as the 

head of advisers to the cabinet of the minister of defense. 

Matteo Rebesari (Italy) is director of the Bureau of 

International Relations of the city of Rome. 

Paolo Reboani (Italy) is head of the strategic unit at the 

Ministry for International Trade in Rome. 

Noa Redington (Denmark) is the personal assistant to Helle 

Thorning-Schmidt, leader of the Danish Social Democrats. He 

is the former editor of Monday Morning, based at Columbia 

University in Massachusetts. 

Howard Reed (UK) is chief economist at IPPR and leads the 

Institute’s programme of economics-related research. Prior to 

this he was programme director for work and income research 

at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. 

Tom Restrick (UK) is currently special adviser to Ed Miliband, 

minister for the Cabinet Office. He is a barrister and a former 

BBC current affairs television producer. 

Andrea Romano (Italy) is professor of contemporary history 

at the University of Rome. He is also a columnist at the Italian 

daily La Stampa. 

Greg Rosen (UK/US) is chair of the Labour History Group, 

co-editor of the journal Labour History and an adviser to the 

Labour Party’s 1906 to 2006 Centenary Group. He was the 

Fabian Society’s vice-chair from 2006 to 2007. 

Sarah Rosen Wartell (US) is the executive vice president for 

management of American Progress. Previously, she served in 

the Clinton administration, initially as deputy assistant to the 

president for economic policy and later as deputy director of 

the National Economic Council. 

Nick Rowley (Australia) is strategic director of the 

Copenhagen Climate Council and director of Kinesis, a 

Sydney-based firm working on climate policy and strategy for 

government and business. He has previously served as an 


adviser to the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on 

climate change and sustainability. 

Eduardo Roxo (Brazil) is the Brazilian ambassador to the 

United Kingdom. He has previously served as ambassador to 

Syria. 

Jan Royall (UK) is Labour’s chief whip in the House of Lords. 

Previously she was government spokesperson in the Lords on 

health, foreign affairs and international development from 

2003 to 2004, and head of European Commission in Wales 

from 1995 to 2003. 

Kevin Rudd (Australia) is the prime minister of Australia. 

Nabila Sattar (UK) is the international projects manager for 

the Labour party. She manages the Labour party’s Westminster 

Foundation for Democracy work, and has worked extensively 

in Africa, central and eastern Europe and the Balkans for the 

party. 

Tiina Saukko (Finland) is the key account manager of Fair 

Trade Finland and chair of World Vision Finland. 

Sarah Schaefer (Germany) is special adviser to David 

Miliband, UK foreign secretary. She first worked with David in 

Defra then moved with him in 2007 to the FCO. She has 

previously worked as a political correspondent for the 

Independent. 


Katerina Rüdiger (German) is working as a researcher at 

the Work Foundation. Previously, she worked at the 

European Policy Centre, the European Commission and 

Policy Network. 

Maria Antonieta Saa (Chile) is a member of the Chilean 

parliament and Chamber of Representatives. 

Mona Sahlin (Sweden) is party chair of the Social Democratic 

party in Sweden. He has previously served as minister for 

sustainable development, energy and housing from 2004 to 2006, 

and minister for democracy, integration, human rights, sports, 

metropolitan affairs and gender equality from 2002 to 2004. 

David Sainsbury (UK) is a British businessman, politician and 

peer in the Labour party. He served as minister of science and 

innovation from 1998 to 2006, and in 2007 produced Race To 

The Top, a review of government’s science and innovation 

policies. 

Margot Salomon (Canada) is a lecturer at the London School 

of Economics. She is the author of Global Responsibility for 

Human Rights, published in 2007. 

Anver Saloojee (South Africa) is a professor in the 

department of politics and public administration at Ryerson 

University. He is a special adviser to the Ministry of the 

Presidency of the government of South Africa. 

Evelyn Sepp (Estonia) is an MP in the parliament of Estonia. 

She is vice chairman of the Constitutional Committee and 

chairman of the Estonia-Turkey parliamentary group. 

Previously she served as spokesperson for the Estonian 

communist party from 2000 to 2004. 

Priya Shankar (India) is a project consultant with the Alfred 

Herrhausen Society. She is currently coordinating the society’s 

new Foresight initiative, which looks at the implications of a 

multi-polar world. 

Monika Sie Dhian Ho (Netherlands) is director of the 

Wiardi Beckman Foundation. She has been research fellow 

at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy 

and lecturer in international relations at the Leiden 

University. 

Heather Simpson (New Zealand) is chief of staff to Helen 

Clark, prime minister of New Zealand. She is the prime 

minister’s principal political and policy adviser. 

Wawrzyniec Smoczynski (Poland) is a journalist, political 

commentator and deputy foreign editor at the Polish weekly 

Polityka. 

Michael Snyder (UK) chairs the City of London’s policy and 

resources committee. He also leads the City of London’s 

relations with both Westminster and Brussels. 



María Solanas (Spain) is political adviser on international 

affairs in the office of the Spanish prime minister, José Luis 

Rodríguez Zapatero. 

Clive Soley (UK) is a member of the House of Lords and 

campaign director of Future Heathrow. He was previously MP 

for Hammersmith between 1970 and 1997. 

Karl-Heinz Spiegel (Germany) is the director of 

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in London. 

Bernard Spitz (France) is the president of Les Gracques. He is 

also the general secretary of the French thinktank En temps 

Réel, and a member of the board of Glocus, Astrid and the 

Lisbon Council. 

Devi Sridhar (US) is a postdoctoral fellow in politics at All 

Souls College. She directs the Global Economic Governance 

Programme’s global health project, and is the author of The 

Battle Against Hunger, published by Oxford University Press in 

September 2008. 

Oscar Stenström (Sweden) is the foreign policy adviser to 

Mona Sahlin, party chair of the Social Democratic party of 

Sweden. Previously, he was deputy international secretary of 

the Social Democratic party. 

Ralph Tarraf (Germany) is deputy head of policy planning at 

the German Federal Foreign Office. Prior to this he served as 

head of the Federal Chancellery from 2002 to 2005. 

Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark) is chairwoman of the 

Danish Social Democratic party. She was elected leader by the 

party’s members in 2005. 

Simon Tilford (UK) is chief economist at the Centre for 

European Reform. He previously worked as an economist and 

analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit in London. Prior to 

this, he was an economist with Nomura International, covering 

central and eastern European economies. 

Gary Titley (UK) is a north-west MEP and leader of the 

European Parliamentary Labour party. He is a member on the 

budget committee and substitute on the internal market 

committee. He is also head of the Diversity, Migration and 

Integration Interest Group. 

Emiliano Tornese (Italy) is a lawyer at the Wall Street law firm 

of Davis Polk and Wardwell. He was professor of international 

trade at the University of Naples, and he has been a Fulbright 

scholar at Columbia Law School. Previously, he worked at the 

cabinet of the president of the European Commission and at 

the European Court of Justice. 

Philip Stephens (UK) is associate editor of the Financial Times 

and a senior commentator. Before joining the Financial Times 

he was a correspondent for Reuters in London and Brussels. 

Wilf Stevenson (UK) is the director of the Smith Institute. 

Previously, he was director of the British Film Institute. 

Tim Stone (UK) is the founder and chairman of KPMG’s global 

infrastructure and projects group. He is seconded part-time as 

the senior adviser on new nuclear power to the secretary of 

state for business, enterprise and regulatory reform. 

David Triesman (UK) is a member of the House of Lords. He 

previously served as parliamentary under-secretary of state for 

intellectual property and quality and also as government 

spokesperson for the Department for Innovation, Universities 

and Skills. 

Loukas Tsoukalis (Greece) is president of the Hellenic 

Foundation for European and Foreign Policy. He is also an 

adviser to the president of the European Commission and Jean 

Monnet professor of European Organisation at the University 

of Athens. 

Tibor Szanyi (Hungary) is a member of the Hungarian 

parliament. Between 2004 and 2006 he served as political 

state secretary for foreign economic affairs and for the Ministry 

of Economy and Transport. 

Ana Lya Uriarte (Chile) is the minister for the Environment in 

the Chilean parliament. Prior to her appointment as minister, 

she was the executive director of the National Commission for 

the Environment. 


Vygaudas Usackas (Lithuania) is the Lithuanian ambassador 

to Great Britain. Previously, he has served as ambassador of 

Lithuania to the United States and Mexico, and as chief 

negotiator for Lithuania’s accession to the European Union. 

Ágnes Vadai (Hungary) is an MEP for the Hungarian Socialist 

party (MSzP) and a member of the parliamentary group of the 

Party of European Socialists. She also serves on the committee 

on foreign affairs, human rights, common security and defence 

policy. 

Shriti Vadera (UK) is minister for business and 

competitiveness in the Department for Business, Enterprise 

and Regulatory Reform. Prior to this she was a minister at the 

Department of International Development. 

Michiel Van Hulten (Netherlands) is managing director of the 

government relations team at Burson-Marsteller, Brussels. 

From 1999 to 2004 he served as an MEP for the Dutch Labour 

party and from 2005 to 2007 he was chair of the Dutch Labour 

party. 

Ricardo Varela (Uruguay) is the Uruguayan ambassador to 

Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a post he has held since 

August 2005. 

Diogo Vasconcelos (Portugal) is distinguished fellow at 

Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), the global 

consulting arm of Cisco. Previously, he has worked as the 

president of the Knowledge Society Unit, in the office of the 

former Portuguese prime minister José Manuel Barroso. 

Luciano Vecchi (Italy) is a member of the Party of European 

Socialists presidency and member of the national board of the 

Democratic party in Italy. He served as an MEP from 1989 to 1999. 

Andrés Velasco (Chile) is the Chilean finance minister. He is 

also Sumitomo professor of international economics at the 

John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. 

Anthony Vigor (UK) is special adviser to Douglas Alexander, 

the secretary of state for international development. Before 

this he worked at the Institute for Public Policy Research. 

Jakob von Weizsäcker (Germany) is a research fellow at 

Bruegel in Brussels, where he works on migration, social 

insurance and economic development. Before joining Bruegel, 

he held positions at the World Bank and the German 

Economics Ministry. 

Ian Watson (UK) reports for the Today programme on Radio 4. 

He is a former reporter for BBC Newsnight, On the Record and 

the Westminster Hour, and formerly Westminster editor of 

Scotland’s Sunday Herald. 

Nicholas Watt (UK) is the Guardian’s chief political 

correspondent. Before that he was political editor of the 

Observer and European editor of the Guardian. 

Chelsey Wickmark (US) is a policy researcher at Policy 

Network. She is currently managing Policy Network’s 

globalisation and social justice research programme. 

Richard Wilkinson (UK) is professor of medical epidemiology 

at the University of Nottingham. His most recent book, The 

Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier, was 

published in 2005. 

Dirk Willem te Velde (Netherlands) leads the investment 

and growth programme at the Overseas Development 

Institute. He has written extensively on growth, trade and 

investment issues in developing countries and advises 

developing country governments and development 

agencies. 

Patrick Wintour (UK) is the political editor of the Guardian. He 

was previously the paper’s chief political correspondent from 

1988 to 1996 and 2000 to 2006 and political editor of the 

Observer from 1996 to 2000. 


Suzanne Verberne-Brennan (UK) is executive assistant to 

the director at Policy Network, a position she has held since 

2005. 

Stewart Wood (UK) is senior policy adviser to Prime Minister 

Gordon Brown, covering foreign policy and culture, media and 

sport issues. He has worked as a special adviser to Gordon 



Brown since 2001, serving for 6 years on the Treasury’s council 

of economic advisers. 

Ngaire Woods (UK/New Zealand) is professor of international 

political economy and director of the Global Economic 

Governance Programme at Oxford University. She has 

published widely on international institutions and 

globalisation, including The Globalisers: the IMF, the World Bank 

and Their Borrowers. 

Michael Woolcock (Australia) is professor of social science 

and development policy at the University of Manchester. He is 

also research director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute. He 

is on leave from the World Bank’s Development Research 

Group. 

Bernhard Wrabetz (Austria) is special assistant to Wolfgang 

Hoffmann, the executive secretary of the Commission for the 

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO). 

Sotirios Zartaloudis (Greece) is involved in Policy Network’s 

European social model research programme and is the author 

of Policy Network’s paper Equality: A political choice. He is also 

a PhD candidate (European Institute) at the LSE, working on 

European social policy, inequality, labour market and pension 

reforms. 


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