AC 2020
MP (L) Warringah, New South Wales, 1994–2019; Prime Minister of Australia, 2013–15; Leader of the Liberal Party, Australia, 2009–15
AC 2020
MP (L) Warringah, New South Wales, 1994–2019; Prime Minister of Australia, 2013–15; Leader of the Liberal Party, Australia, 2009–15
Member of the Dáil (TD) (SF) Louth, 2011–20; President, Sinn Féin, 1983–2018 (Vice-President, 1978–83)
PC 2009; Chairman, European Movement, since 2021 (Vice Chairman, 2018–21)
Assistant Prison Chaplain, HM Prison Pentonville, since 2018; Assistant Curate, St Matthew’s, Westminster, since 2018
European Editor, World Intelligence Review (formerly Intelligence Quarterly), since 1985
Chairman, Banner Ethical Investment Fund, 1999–2011; Chairman and Director, Merseyside Special Investment Fund, 2001–06; Professor of Citizenship, 1997–2016, and Director, 1997–2016, Roscoe Foundation for Citizenship (formerly Foundation for Citizenship), Liverpool John Moores University (Hon. Fellow, 2016)
Director, Social Affairs Unit, 1980–2004
author
Presenter, Afternoon Edition, BBC Radio 5 Live, 2016–24
Member (SNP), Renfrewshire South, Scottish Parliament, since 2016; Minister for Employment and Investment, since 2024
self-employed writer, lecturer, broadcaster, curator and antiques expert, since 1981
CH 1992; PC 1984
Chairman, Graphite Resources plc, 2007–12
OBE 2002; FBA 1998; FSA
Editor, Book Collector, 1965–2015
broadcasting consultant; Adviser on International Relations, BBC, since 1993
OBE 1992
Ambassador (formerly Special Representative) for Humanitarian Emergencies, UNICEF, since 2001
CVO 2023
PC 1999; barrister-at-law; Chairman and Founder, Akyem Law and Advisory Ltd, since 2010; Chair, Archbishops’ Racial Justice Commission, since 2021; Co-Chair, Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission, since 2022
OBE 2010
Chairman, Uzbek British Trade and Industry Council, UK Trade & Investment (formerly British Trade International), 1999–2012