Martin Sandbu

Martin Sandbu is the Financial Times’s European economics commentator. He also writes Free Lunch, the FT‘s newsletter on the global economic policy debate.

Sebastian Mallaby

Sebastian Mallaby is the author of several books, including the bestselling More Money Than God. A former Financial Times contributing editor and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Miriam González Durántez

Miriam González Durántez is a Spanish international trade lawyer, vice chair of UBS Europe, and founder of Inspiring Girls.

Alexandra Shulman

Alexandra Shulman was Editor in Chief of British Vogue from 1992-2017. She has written four books and previously edited GQ magazine and worked on The Sunday Telegraph and Tatler. 

Jacqueline Nicholls

Jacqueline Nicolls is a London based visual artist, educator, and cultural events producer.

Paulo Gnignati

Paulo Gnignati was President of the Venetian Jewish community

Shaul Bassi

Shaul Bassi is professor of English and postcolonial literature at Ca’Foscari University of Venice. He was the coordinator of the cultural program related to the quincentennial of the Ghetto of Venice (1516-2016), where he spearheaded the first performance of The Merchant of Venice in the Ghetto and the mock trial presided by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 

Richard Aronowitz

Richard Aronowitz is Head of the Restitution Department at Sotheby’s.. His essays and reviews on art and poetry have been published in the Oxford Companion to Western Art ;  Insiders/Outsiders; Modern Painters; the London Magazine and elsewhere.

John Steinberg

John Steinberg spent many years in business before becoming a writer in 2007. Since then, he has co-written and produced comedies for the stage and created a series of books for children.

James P. Rubin

James P. Rubin served as assistant to Madeleine Albright and later advised Hilary Clinton and President Obama. As well as academic posts he’s advised politicians, steered Bloomberg’s editorial direction, and written extensively. 

Richard Harries

Baron Harries of Pentregarth was Bishop of Oxford and is an honorary professor of theology at King’s College, London

Giles Fraser

Giles Fraser is an English Anglican priest, journalist and broadcaster who has served as Vicar of St Anne’s Church, Kew, since 2022.