Policy paper
UK Soft Power Council: membership
Updated 16 May 2025
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皇冠体育app Soft Power Council is co-chaired by:聽聽
- 皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy
- 皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy
Members of the UK Soft Power Council:聽
- Sir Peter Bazalgette, Royal College of Art聽
- General Sir Nick Carter, Former Chief of Defence Staff聽
- Richard Deverell, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew聽聽
- Dame Linda Dobbs, Investigatory Powers Commissioner鈥檚 Office聽
- Dame Katherine Grainger, UK Sport聽
- Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Sport Wales聽
- Dr Comfort Ero, International Crisis Group聽
- Tom Fussell, BBC Studios聽
- Peter Gowers, British Tourist Authority聽
- Francesca Hegyi, Edinburgh International Festival聽
- Debbie Hewitt, 皇冠体育app Football Association聽聽
- Dr Tristram Hunt, Victoria and Albert Museum聽
- Dr Parag Khanna, AlphaGeo聽
- Tom Kiehl, UK Music聽
- Mark Leonard, European Council on Foreign Relations聽
- Professor Helen McCarthy, Queen鈥檚 University Belfast聽
- Scott McDonald, British Council聽
- Lord Mendoza, Historic England聽
- Dr Sara Pantuliano, ODI Global聽
- Vivienne Stern, Universities UK聽
- Anthony Smith, Westminster Foundation for Democracy聽
- Patrick Stevens, International Justice Development聽
- Dr Vijaya Ramachandran, Breakthrough Institute聽聽
- Roland Rudd, FGS Global聽
- Ewan Venters, GREAT Private Sector Council聽
- Dr Linda Yueh, University of Oxford