Company
The Ditchley Foundation
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dame Karen Elizabeth PierceDirector · since 2025
- Hon Rupert Christopher SoamesDirector · since 2024
- James Charles Bryan LandaleDirector · since 2022
- Hon Robert Anthony Hamilton WillsDirector · since 2022
- Jamie MerisotisDirector · since 2022
- David John MorrisonDirector · since 2022
- Pamela Margaret DowDirector · since 2021
- Sir Julian KingDirector · since 2021
- Marjorie Neasham GlasgowDirector · since 2020
- Lord James George BridgesDirector · since 2019
- Gascoyne Cecil, Robert Michael James, Marquess of Salisbury,Director · since 2018
- Katie Rosemary WilliamsSecretary · since 2015
Previous officers 73
- Rushanara Ali 2022–2024 View profile
- Lord Peter Benjamin Mandelson 2019–2025 View profile
- Emma Reynolds 2017–2024 View profile
- Lord Jonathan Hopkin Hill 2017–2025 View profile
- Sir Martin Smith 2016–2021 View profile
- Rt Hon Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve 2016–2024 View profile
- Elizabeth Jane Padmore 2016–2024 View profile
- Paul Newman 2014–2022 View profile
- (Janis) Rachel Lomax 2014–2022 View profile
- Lord Charles Harold Stuart Aldington 2013–2022 View profile
- Bronwen Maria Maddox 2013–2019 View profile
- Sir Nigel Elton Sheinwald 2013–2021 View profile
- Joseph Edmund Johnson 2013–2017 View profile
- Charles Peter Grant Cmg 2013–2021 View profile
- Baroness Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell 2013–2018 View profile
- Dr Karen Philippa Malmgren 2013–2017 View profile
- Lord Peter Selwyn Chadlington 2011–2019 View profile
- Lord Karan Faridoon Bilimoria 2011–2019 View profile
- Hennessy, Peter John, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield 2011–2019 View profile
- Professor Sir David King 2011–2019 View profile
- David Francis Kerr Finlay 2010–2013 View profile
- Lady Barbara Thomas 2009–2013 View profile
- Philip Francis Stephens 2008–2021 View profile
- Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar 2006–2014 View profile
- Lord George Islay Macneill Robertson 2006–2017 View profile
- Baroness Onora Sylvia O'Neill 2003–2011 View profile
- Baroness Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley 2003–2011 View profile
- Lord Frederick Edward Robin Butler of Brockwell 2003–2011 View profile
- John Pix Weston 2003–2011 View profile
- Professor Malcolm John Grant 2003–2011 View profile
- Sir Richard Clive Mottram 2002–2013 View profile
- Williams, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain, Baroness Williams of Crosby 2002–2014 View profile
- Sir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell 2002–2014 View profile
- Rt Hon John Major 2000–2009 View profile
- VON Ploetz, Hans Friedrich, He Dr 1999–2002 View profile
- Sir Nigel Broomfield 1999–2002 View profile
- Robert Michael Conway 1998–2013 View profile
- Lader, Philip, Ambassador 1998–2001 View profile
- Rt Hon Baroness Lynda Chalker of Wallasey 1997–2005 View profile
- VON Moltke, Gebhardt, He Ambassador 1997–1999 View profile
- Lord David Howe Gillmore 1996–1999 View profile
- Dr Jurgen Ernst Otto Oesterhelt 1995–1997 View profile
- Sir Michael Richardson Angus 1994–2009 View profile
- Honourable William James Crowe 1994–1997 View profile
- Hartmann, Peter, His Excellency Dr 1993–1995 View profile
- Dr Catherine Mary Hamilton Wills 1993–2022 View profile
- Sir John Nicholas Henderson 1995 View profile
- Lord David James George Hennessy Windlesham 2007 View profile
- Bryan Magee 2002 View profile
- Derek Oliver Gladwin 1993 View profile
- Sir Hugh David Hamilton Wills 1999 View profile
- Baroness Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone 1997 View profile
- Dame Margaret Kate Weston 2003 View profile
- Sir Richard Ernest Butler Lloyd 1993 View profile
- Sir Patrick Dalmahoy Nairne 2005 View profile
- Andrew Stephen Bower Knight 2013 View profile
- Anthony David Loehnis 2012 View profile
- Seitz, Raymond George Hardenbergh, He the Hon 1994 View profile
- Glen Richard Moreno 1998 View profile
- Lord Christopher Samuel Tugendhat 2003 View profile
- Sir Antony Arthur Acland 1996 View profile
- Baroness Helen Mary Warnock 2003 View profile
- Sir Alastair Pilkington 1993 View profile
- Lord John Joseph Benedict Hunt of Tanworth 1991 View profile
- Sir Arthur Michael Palliser 1992 View profile
- Eberle, James Henry Fuller, Admiral Sir 1992 View profile
- Rt Hon Baroness Janet Mary Young 2002 View profile
- Home, David Alexander Cospatrick, the Earl of Home 2003 View profile
- Sarah-Louise Raphael Puntan-Galea 2011–2015 View profile
- Nina Elisabeth Tomlin 2007–2011 View profile
- Ashish Janardan Bhatt 2001–2007 View profile
- Elizabeth Carol Robson 1998–2001 View profile
- Heather Marguerite Weeks 1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/02/1958
- Also a registered charity
- The Ditchley Foundation
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
11 directors on the board
- James Charles Bryan Landale Director · appointed 2022
- Hon Rupert Christopher Soames Director · appointed 2024
- David John Morrison Director · appointed 2022
- Lord James George Bridges Director · appointed 2019
- Hon Robert Anthony Hamilton Wills Director · appointed 2022
- Marjorie Neasham Glasgow Director · appointed 2020
- Gascoyne Cecil, Robert Michael James, Marquess of Salisbury, Director · appointed 2018
- Pamela Margaret Dow Director · appointed 2021
- Sir Julian King Director · appointed 2021
- Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce Director · appointed 2025
- Jamie Merisotis Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Lord James George Bridges Director · appointed 2019
- Marjorie Neasham Glasgow Director · appointed 2020
- Gascoyne Cecil, Robert Michael James, Marquess of Salisbury, Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- James Charles Bryan Landale Director · appointed 2022
- Hon Rupert Christopher Soames Director · appointed 2024
- Lord James George Bridges Director · appointed 2019
- Gascoyne Cecil, Robert Michael James, Marquess of Salisbury, Director · appointed 2018
- Pamela Margaret Dow Director · appointed 2021
- Sir Julian King Director · appointed 2021
- Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce Director · appointed 2025
- Jamie Merisotis Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (3)
- David John Morrison Director · appointed 2022
- Hon Robert Anthony Hamilton Wills Director · appointed 2022
- Marjorie Neasham Glasgow Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Lord Jonathan Hopkin Hill Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00599389
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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