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The Ditchley Foundation

Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 73

  1. Rushanara Ali 2022–2024 Director View profile
  2. Lord Peter Benjamin Mandelson 2019–2025 Director View profile
  3. Emma Reynolds 2017–2024 Director View profile
  4. Lord Jonathan Hopkin Hill 2017–2025 Director View profile
  5. Sir Martin Smith 2016–2021 Director View profile
  6. Rt Hon Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve 2016–2024 Director View profile
  7. Elizabeth Jane Padmore 2016–2024 Director View profile
  8. Paul Newman 2014–2022 Director View profile
  9. (Janis) Rachel Lomax 2014–2022 Director View profile
  10. Lord Charles Harold Stuart Aldington 2013–2022 Director View profile
  11. Bronwen Maria Maddox 2013–2019 Director View profile
  12. Sir Nigel Elton Sheinwald 2013–2021 Director View profile
  13. Joseph Edmund Johnson 2013–2017 Director View profile
  14. Charles Peter Grant Cmg 2013–2021 Director View profile
  15. Baroness Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell 2013–2018 Director View profile
  16. Dr Karen Philippa Malmgren 2013–2017 Director View profile
  17. Lord Peter Selwyn Chadlington 2011–2019 Director View profile
  18. Lord Karan Faridoon Bilimoria 2011–2019 Director View profile
  19. Hennessy, Peter John, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield 2011–2019 Director View profile
  20. Professor Sir David King 2011–2019 Director View profile
  21. David Francis Kerr Finlay 2010–2013 Director View profile
  22. Lady Barbara Thomas 2009–2013 Director View profile
  23. Philip Francis Stephens 2008–2021 Director View profile
  24. Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar 2006–2014 Director View profile
  25. Lord George Islay Macneill Robertson 2006–2017 Director View profile
  26. Baroness Onora Sylvia O'Neill 2003–2011 Director View profile
  27. Baroness Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley 2003–2011 Director View profile
  28. Lord Frederick Edward Robin Butler of Brockwell 2003–2011 Director View profile
  29. John Pix Weston 2003–2011 Director View profile
  30. Professor Malcolm John Grant 2003–2011 Director View profile
  31. Sir Richard Clive Mottram 2002–2013 Director View profile
  32. Williams, Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain, Baroness Williams of Crosby 2002–2014 Director View profile
  33. Sir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell 2002–2014 Director View profile
  34. Rt Hon John Major 2000–2009 Director View profile
  35. VON Ploetz, Hans Friedrich, He Dr 1999–2002 Director View profile
  36. Sir Nigel Broomfield 1999–2002 Director View profile
  37. Robert Michael Conway 1998–2013 Director View profile
  38. Lader, Philip, Ambassador 1998–2001 Director View profile
  39. Rt Hon Baroness Lynda Chalker of Wallasey 1997–2005 Director View profile
  40. VON Moltke, Gebhardt, He Ambassador 1997–1999 Director View profile
  41. Lord David Howe Gillmore 1996–1999 Director View profile
  42. Dr Jurgen Ernst Otto Oesterhelt 1995–1997 Director View profile
  43. Sir Michael Richardson Angus 1994–2009 Director View profile
  44. Honourable William James Crowe 1994–1997 Director View profile
  45. Hartmann, Peter, His Excellency Dr 1993–1995 Director View profile
  46. Dr Catherine Mary Hamilton Wills 1993–2022 Director View profile
  47. Sir John Nicholas Henderson 1995 Director View profile
  48. Lord David James George Hennessy Windlesham 2007 Director View profile
  49. Bryan Magee 2002 Director View profile
  50. Derek Oliver Gladwin 1993 Director View profile
  51. Sir Hugh David Hamilton Wills 1999 Director View profile
  52. Baroness Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone 1997 Director View profile
  53. Dame Margaret Kate Weston 2003 Director View profile
  54. Sir Richard Ernest Butler Lloyd 1993 Director View profile
  55. Sir Patrick Dalmahoy Nairne 2005 Director View profile
  56. Andrew Stephen Bower Knight 2013 Director View profile
  57. Anthony David Loehnis 2012 Director View profile
  58. Seitz, Raymond George Hardenbergh, He the Hon 1994 Director View profile
  59. Glen Richard Moreno 1998 Director View profile
  60. Lord Christopher Samuel Tugendhat 2003 Director View profile
  61. Sir Antony Arthur Acland 1996 Director View profile
  62. Baroness Helen Mary Warnock 2003 Director View profile
  63. Sir Alastair Pilkington 1993 Director View profile
  64. Lord John Joseph Benedict Hunt of Tanworth 1991 Director View profile
  65. Sir Arthur Michael Palliser 1992 Director View profile
  66. Eberle, James Henry Fuller, Admiral Sir 1992 Director View profile
  67. Rt Hon Baroness Janet Mary Young 2002 Director View profile
  68. Home, David Alexander Cospatrick, the Earl of Home 2003 Director View profile
  69. Sarah-Louise Raphael Puntan-Galea 2011–2015 Secretary View profile
  70. Nina Elisabeth Tomlin 2007–2011 Secretary View profile
  71. Ashish Janardan Bhatt 2001–2007 Secretary View profile
  72. Elizabeth Carol Robson 1998–2001 Secretary View profile
  73. Heather Marguerite Weeks 1998 Secretary 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

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Finance 10Utilities 7Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Professional services 2Agriculture 1Other services 1Property 1

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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