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2004 to 2011 he was a Commissioner for the Independent Monitoring of some aspects
of the peace process in Northern Ireland.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng
Wendy Hall is Professor of Computer Science and Executive Director of the Web Science
Institute at the University of Southampton, where she was previously the Dean of the
Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering. She is currently a member of the Global
Commission on Internet Governance and a member of the World Economic Forum’s
Global Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
Professor Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield FBA
Peter Hennessy is a historian and academic specialising in the history of government.
Since 1992, he has been Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary
University of London and a Fellow of the British Academy. In 2010 he was appointed as
an independent crossbench peer and sits in the House of Lords.
Professor Sir David Omand GCB
David Omand is a former UK Security and Intelligence co-ordinator, Permanent Secretary
in the Home Office, Director of GCHQ and Deputy Under Secretary of State for Policy in the
Ministry of Defence. He served for seven years on the Joint Intelligence Committee. He is
currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.
Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve CH CBE FBA FRS
Onora O’Neill is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge,
and Chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. She was created a life peer in
1999 and sits as an independent crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
The Rt Hon the Lord Rooker
Jeffrey Rooker is a Labour politician who served as an MP for Birmingham Perry Barr
for twenty-seven years, before joining the House of Lords in June 2001. His ministerial
appointments included as Home Office Minister for Asylum and Immigration, and Minister
of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He has served on the
Public Accounts Committee and is a former Chairman of the Foods Standards Agency.
Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE
John Scarlett is a former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service and a former Chairman
of the Joint Intelligence Committee. He is currently Senior Advisor at Morgan Stanley,
Chairman of the Strategy Advisory Council at Statoil and an advisor to Swiss Re. He is