Fellows

Sir David Brown
Sir David Brown, Chairman of Motorola Ltd 1997-2008, is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute.
He has non-executive directorships of three publicly quoted companies, is a member of the Council of Cranfield University and is Chairman of Ofcom’s Spectrum Advisory Board.
He holds four Honorary Doctorates and was awarded the Mountbatten Medal for his contributions to electronics. He was knighted in 2001 for services to British industry.

Mr Richard Carden CB
Former Senior Advisor to the European Commission

Richard has been involved with agricultural trade and support policy, and with food issues, since the UK joined the European Community in 1973. His civil service career was mainly in MAFF, but latterly in DTI. He held Director-General posts in both Departments. He was awarded the CB in 1998.

After retiring from Whitehall in 2003, he spent two years as a senior adviser to DG Trade in the European Commission.  Since then he has worked on trade issues in association with the London School of Economics and with a consultancy based in Mumbai.

He has a longstanding interest in birds and the environment, was until recently a Council Member of the RSPB and is on the Council of the World Pheasant Association. He and his wife now live in Norfolk.

     
Mr David Coates

Professor Bill Forster became a Fellow in 2002 after being involved in the work of St George’s House for 15 years. He has participated in several consultations, particularly those devoted to educational and cultural themes. Bill started his career in the Royal Air Force and his subsequent career has been spent in higher and adult education. He was Honorary Secretary of the Universities Council for Adult and Continuing Education for seven years, and Vaughan Professor of Education at the University of Leicester. He has a particular interest in penal education and has been involved in development projects in this and other post-experience fields internationally. He was appointed OBE in 1990.

Canon Peter Johnson
Canon Peter Johnson became a Fellow in November 2008. He retired the previous year after 17 years as Canon Treasurer of Bristol Cathedral, a post with responsibility for finance and fabric within the whole work of the Cathedral, and he was also chairman of the Diocesan advisory Committee. He has a degree in Mathematics from Melbourne and in Theology from Oxford. Much of his ministry has included teaching those subjects, in educational institutions and ordination training courses.

Krysia Hudek has worked as a facilitator for many years, specialising in events on education, employment and economic development policy issues. She also facilitates events for individual companies, organisations and partnerships on leadership skills and organisational development. Krysia facilitates events for St George’s House under the banner of Open Agenda.

 
Patsy Knight has been a Fellow since 2002 but has run consultations at the House for over 20 years. She created the original Windsor Meetings series with Charles Handy and ran these events for some 15 years. Patsy also created the Windsor Meetings in Scotland which now exist under the rubric of The Gordon Cook Conversations. Today, the main themes of her work are citizenship, leadership, and science and technology and she has organised consultations on 'Communications Technology and Public Safety' and 'Perspectives on the Introduction of a Single Three-Digit Non-Emergency Number for Accessing Local Services' and 'Journalism in a Seamlessly Mobile Age'. Patsy has been responsible for several series specifically for the 20 - 30 age group; 2020 Vision where participants discussed their views of what the future would look like in 20 years; and Living Together that addresses such issues as identity and diversity. Her current project is a series of six meetings 'e is for everything' which will look at the impact of technology on all aspects of our lives.

Reverend Professor Michael Reiss
Michael Reiss is Assistant Director and Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, Chief Executive of Science Learning Centre London, Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of York, Docent at the University of Helsinki, Director of the Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology Project, a member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, editor of the journal Sex Education and a Priest in the Church of England.

St George’s House has three Honorary Fellows; Kenneth Adams, Dr Carolin Englehorn and Sir Claude Hankes KCVO.