Advisory Council

The Advisory Council of the Oxford Martin School has been convened to ensure international focus and experience from a broad range of sectors is brought to bear on the School's research agenda and public engagement strategies. The Council provides valuable advice and ongoing support to the School, especially through the annual meeting in Oxford and other visits or events throughout the year. All members of the Council are volunteers.

Members of the Oxford Martin School Advisory Council:

  • Larry Brilliant, President, Skoll Global Threats Fund
  • Victor Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group
  • Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive, Vodafone Group
  • Francis Finlay, Chair, James Martin 21st Century Foundation; Chairman, EastWest Institute, New York
  • Orit Gadiesh, Chair, Bain & Co
  • John Gage, Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems
  • Ben Goldsmith, Founding Partner, WHEB Group
  • Zaha Hadid, Founding Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
  • Andrew Hamilton, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford, and Chair of the Advisory Council
  • Mo Ibrahim, Founder, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
  • Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization
  • Amory Lovins, Co-founder, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
  • James Martin, Founder, Oxford Martin School
  • Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director-General, IUCN
  • Joseph Nye, Professor & former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria
  • Martin Rees, Lord, Professor, Cambridge University, and former President of the Royal Society
  • Amartya Sen, Professor, Harvard University
  • Mark Shuttleworth, IT entrepreneur and Founder of the Ubuntu Project
  • Martin Sorrell, Sir, Chief Executive, WPP
  • Nicholas Stern, Lord, Professor, London School of Economics
  • Joseph Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University
  • HRH Prince Talal Bin Muhammad, Prince of Jordan
  • Crispin Tickell, Sir, former Director, Policy Foresight Programme
  • Laurence Tubiana, Director, Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations
  • Craig Venter, President, J Craig Venter Institute
  • Zhou Qifeng, President, Beijing University
  • Ernesto Zedillo, Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; former President of Mexico

Ex-Officio

  • Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford Martin School
  • Roger Goodman, Head of Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, and Chair of the Management Committee for the Oxford Martin School