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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): ecarver@iea.org.uk 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 Affairs and our Ralph Harris Fellow. Director and Professor of International
Mark is recognised as a powerful, engaging Relations at StMary’s University.
and articulate spokesperson for 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 topics including
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 trade andmore.
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 Liberal Democrats.
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IEA SPEAKERSBROCHURE
Annabel Denham Christopher Snowdon
Director of Communications, @AnnabelDenham1 Head of Lifestyle Economics,@CJSnowdon
Annabel Denham is Director of 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 of two
APPGs.
He is the author of works including Killjoys, The
Annabel comments on an array of issues across Art of Suppression, The Spirit Level Delusion,
the media. Her preferred topics are Crack Cocaine of Gambling, and Free Market
the labour market, the gender pay 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, Times Radio 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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IEA SPEAKERSBROCHURE
Julian Jessop Victoria Hewson
Economics Fellow, @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 the IEA’sChief Economist. Regulatory Affairs and Research
Associate.
He has over thirty years of 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 Chartered Bank. 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 has appeared on BBCNews, Sky News,
Channel 4 News, BBCNewsnight, and LBC.
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IEA SPEAKERSBROCHURE
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
Richard is Deputy Research Director and
Head of Transport at 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 abuse issues and learning disabilities.
High-Speed GravyTrain.
Emma has particular interest in nationalisation,
the regeneration of the North, mentalhealth
He specialises in all transport related issues provisions, and housing and homelessness.
including HS2, rail nationalisation/
privatisation, airport expansion and roads. Emma has appeared on BBC News, Sky News,
and talkRADIO, and has written for The
He has appeared on BBC News, Sky News, Telegraph, and City A.M.
BBC Radio 5 Live, the Jeremy Vine show, LBC,
and several other outlets including local
radio.
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IEA SPEAKERSBROCHURE
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, LBC and talkRADIO. Intelligence.
He has appeared on Sky News, BBC
Newsnight and BBC Radio 5 Live, among
others.
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