Our People
Meet the ISRS Team
ISRS comprises internationally renowned thinkers, practitioners and policy makers with experience across many fields of industry, government and academia.
We focus on intellectually rigorous analysis and high-integrity independent assessment, through our team of Fellows, Senior Fellows, Research Fellows and Senior Advisors - a network of highly experienced subject matter and process experts. ISRS also has access to the broad academic base of UCL, with over 850 professors.
Senior Management
Rt Hon. Lord Reid of Cardowan
Executive Chairman
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Former Home Secretary, Secretary of State for Defence, Health, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, and Leader of the House of Commons.
Prof JP MacIntosh
Director
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Former Chief of Research and Assessment at the Defence Academy of the UK.
David Levinger
Head of Operations, Senior Fellow
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Aura Capital Partners
20+ years strategy consulting, financial services and technology experience
Senior Advisors
Prof Philip Bobbitt
Senior Advisor​
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University of Texas / Columbia University
Adm the Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL
Senior Advisor​
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House of Lords
Former UK Chief of the Defence Staff
Hon Michael Chertoff
Senior Advisor​
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Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group
Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Sir Ronnie Flanagan GBE QPM ICC
Senior Advisor​
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Anti-Corruption & Security Unit Abu Dhabi Police Force
Former Head of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Police
Prof Michael Arthur
Senior Advisor​
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Provost, University College London
The Most Hon The Marquess of Salisbury KCVO PC D
Senior Advisor​
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House of Lords
Prof Pat Troop CBE
Senior Advisor​
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Former CEO, Health Protection Agency
Michael (“Mo”) Stevens
Senior Advisor​
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CEO Shearwater Group
Former CEO, Cassidian UK
Fellows
Graham Bell
Fellow​
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Specialist in organisational resilience and strategic risk management
Author, consultant and trainer
Douglas Caster CBE
Senior Fellow​
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Ultra Electronics
Chris Cook
Senior Research Fellow
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UK DTI, International Petroleum Exchange, NewClear
Nordic Enterprise Trust
David Docherty OBE
Distinguished Research Fellow
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Writer, journalist, academic, television executive and producer and former CEO of the National Centre for Universities and Business
Peter Domican
Senior Fellow
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Three decades of strategy, operations and change management experience
Co-author of ISRS white papers on ‘Trustable Software’ and ‘Digital Resilience’.
Mike Granatt CB
Senior Research Fellow
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Director-General of the Government Information and Communication Service
20+ years in senior roles in UK ministries for energy, environment and security
Professor Elisabeth Holland
Distinguished Research Fellow
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Professor Ocean & Climate Change; Director Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development; Co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize as a key member of the IPCC
Chris Hurran OBE
Senior Fellow
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45 years of public service in the Royal Engineers, the Diplomatic Service, NISCC (the National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre) and CPNI
Reema Jadeja
Research Fellow
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Institute for Strategic Studies, CSR
Journalist
Gerald Janes
Senior Fellow
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Industry CTO and chief technology architect across government and financial services
Prof Steve Keen
Distinguished Research Fellow
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Honorary Professor UCL
Former Head of Economics, Kingston University
David Marsay
Senior Research Fellow
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Chartered Mathematician and Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics
Marcus Saul
Research Fellow
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Partner at IslandPower with over 15 years experience of microgrid & renewables, formerly with Aggreko Plc
Len Tyler OBE
Senior Fellow
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Senior management positions in the technology and defence sectors
Marconi, Nortel, Cogent and EADS
Bruce Wynn OBE FBCS CITP
Senior Fellow
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Royal Air Force, US ONR
35+ years experience in communications, computer and information systems
Asutosh Yagnik
Senior Fellow
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Aura Capital Partners
20+ years strategic consulting experience
