IEA SPEAKER BROCHURE 2021
Staff, fellows and authors at the Institute of Economic Affairs are always keen to comment in print, online and on the airwaves.
Whether you’re a journalist looking for a background briefing from one of our staff or would like a quote or to interview someone, please contact:
Emily Carver (Head of Media): [email protected] 07715 942 731 (24hours). IEA SPEAKERSBROCHURE
Mark Littlewood Syed Kamall Director General,@MarkJLittlewood Academic & Research Director, @SyedKamall
Mark is Director General of the Instituteof Syed is the IEA’s Academic and Research Economic Affairsand our Ralph Harris Fellow. Director and Professor of International Mark is recognised as a powerful, engaging Relations at StMary’sUniversity. and articulate spokespersonfor free markets.
He is a regular guest on flagship political From May 2005 to June 2019, he was a programmes, having appeared on the BBC’s Conservative MEPfor London. Syed was leader Question Time, Any Questions, of the European Conservatives and Reformists Politics Live, Radio 4’s Today programme, Group and worked to promote open trade, Newsnight, in addition to Channel 4 News, tech startups and better financial regulation, and Sky News. He writes a bi-weekly column following the last financial crisis. for TheTimes. He specialises on a range of topicsincluding He specialises on a range of topics including trade, the European Union, poverty, tax and spend, deficit reduction, regulation entrepreneurship, post-communisteconomics, and government intervention, business and privatisation, liberalisation and foreign industrial strategy, devolution (including investment. Scottish Independence), free tradeandmore.
Mark sits on the Board of Big Brother Watch, a non-profit organisation fighting for the protection of privacy and civil liberties in the UK.
Prior to joining the IEA, Mark served as Head of Media for the LiberalDemocrats.
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Annabel Denham Christopher Snowdon Director of Communications,@AnnabelDenham1 Head of Lifestyle Economics,@CJSnowdon
Annabel Denham is Directorof Communications Christopher is the IEA’s Head of Lifestyle at the IEA. She was previously Deputy Comment Economics, focusing on research into Editor at City AM, Associate Director at The pleasure, prohibition, and dodgy statistics. Entrepreneurs Network and Coordinator oftwo APPGs. He is the author of works includingKilljoys, The Annabel comments on an array of issues across Art of Suppression, The Spirit Level Delusion, the media. Her preferred topicsare Crack Cocaine ofGambling, and Free Market the labour market, the genderpay gap, the Solutions in Health. feminist movement and education/childcare. Christopher appears regularly in the media, She writes regularly for The Telegraph, City including appearances on BBCbroadcast, Sky AM and has previously written for The Times News, Channel 4 News, LBC,ITV, and and The Spectator. Annabel has appeared on talkRADIO. Christopher has written for The BBC Politics Live, Sky News, TimesRadio Telegraph, The Times, The Sun and The and talkRADIO, among others. Spectator.
Chris specialises on a range of topics, including paternalism, the nanny state, sin taxes, Happiness Studies and inequality.
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Julian Jessop Victoria Hewson EconomicsFellow, @julianHjessop Head of Regulatory Affairs,@MissVHewson
Julian is an Economics Fellow at the IEA, having Victoria is the IEA’s Head of previously served as theIEA’sChief Economist. Regulatory Affairs andResearch Associate. He has over thirty yearsof experience in the public sector, City and consultancy, including Victoria was formerly Senior Counselfor the senior positions at HM Treasury, HSBC, and IEA’s International Trade and Competition Standard CharteredBank. Unit. Her preferred topics are regulation in the He has appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio 5 technological and financial services, Live, and BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, among international trade and competition, and the others. impact of Brexit on the movement of goods and the Irishborder.
She hasappeared on BBCNews, Sky News, Channel 4 News, BBCNewsnight, and LBC.
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Richard Wellings Emma Revell Deputy Research Director & Head of Transport,@RichardWellings Head of Public Affairs,@emmamrevell Emma is Head of Public Affairs at the IEA. She Richardis Deputy Research Director and Head of Transportat the IEA. previously worked at Senior Communications Officer at the Centrefor Policy Studies. He has a PhD from the London School of Prior to working in Westminister she worked in Economics on transport and environmental policy and is the author of several papers, social care, providing community-based booksand reports including Without Delay: support for adults with mental health and Getting Britain’s Railways Moving and The substance abuseissues and learning disabilities. High-Speed GravyTrain. Emma has particular interest in nationalisation, the regeneration of the North, mentalhealth He specialises in all transportrelated issues provisions, and housing and homelessness. including HS2, rail nationalisation/ privatisation, airport expansion androads. Emma has appeared on BBCNews, Sky News, and talkRADIO, and has written for The He has appeared on BBC News, Sky News, Telegraph, and City A.M. BBCRadio 5 Live, the JeremyVine show, LBC, and several other outlets including local radio.
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Emily Carver Professor Len Shackleton Head of Media, @carveremily Editorial and Research Fellow
Emily is Head of Media at the IEA, having Len is an Editorial and Research Fellow atthe previously worked as a policy adviser to a IEA and Professor of Economics at the Conservative MP. University of Buckingham.
Emily comments on an array of issues, Len specialises in all issues relating to the including free market economics, socialism, labour market, including inequality, childcare free speech, environmental issues, culture and and immigration. feminism. He also covers Higher Education, the She has appeared on Sky News, BBCRadio 5 economics of football and Artificial Live, Times Radio, LBCand talkRADIO. Intelligence.
He has appeared on Sky News, BBC Newsnight and BBC Radio 5 Live, among others.
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