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Professor Sir Bernard Silverman FRS is a statistician whose research involves the theoretical and practical aspects of statistics, with focus on computational statistics and researching the ways that computing power has changed our ability to collect, analyse, understand and utilise
Sir Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan (1980–84), President of the Asiatic Society of Japan (1982–1983) and Chairman of the Japan Society of London (1985–95).
Sir Rory is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Clinical Trial Service Unit within the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Green Templeton College. Collins' work has been in the establishment of large-scale epidemiological studies of the causes
Sir Alan Ward is a former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. In 1995, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal and reached mandatory retirement in 2013.
Sir Alan Yarrow was the 687th Lord Mayor of the City of London. Alan Yarrow is an Alderman and Magistrate of the City of London and he has been Chairman of CISI (Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment) since September
Sir Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999 until 2009. Born in 1952, he read English at University College, Oxford and subsequently spent two years writing about the poetry of Edward Thomas for an M. Litt. From 1976 to 1980
Sir Peter Middleton was the Deputy Chairman of Barclay's Bank and Chief Executive of Barclay's Capital (formerly BZW) between 1991 and 1998. From 1998 to 1999 he was the Chief Executive of Barclay's Bank, and then the Chairman between 1999 and 2004.
Sir Thomas Harris KBE CMG has been Vice Chairman of Standard Chartered Capital Markets Ltd since 2004. Standard Chartered Bank has a history of over 150 years in banking and operates in many of the world's fastest-growing markets with an
Sir Derek Plumbly is currently a Visiting Professor at Kings College, London. Sir Derek has long experience as a diplomat and international official, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.
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