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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 92

  1. Chung Min Lee 2018-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jens Jorgen Tholstrup 2017-2023 Director View profile
  3. William Emmott 2016-2025 Director View profile
  4. Catherine Roe 2016-2022 Director View profile
  5. Christopher Ian Montague Jones 2013-2024 Director View profile
  6. Sophie-Caroline De Margerie 2013-2019 Director View profile
  7. John Nigel Newton 2012-2018 Director View profile
  8. Dr Risto Penttila 2011-2017 Director View profile
  9. Lord Charles David Powell 2011-2017 Director View profile
  10. Mallet, Jean-Claude, Monsieur 2011-2012 Director View profile
  11. Dr Kurt Lauk 2010-2023 Director View profile
  12. Forstmoser, Peter, Professor Doctor 2010-2015 Director View profile
  13. William John Emmott 2009-2015 Director View profile
  14. Guthrie, Charles Ronald Llewelyn, Field Marshal the Lord 2007-2014 Director View profile
  15. Dr John Hillen 2007-2011 Director View profile
  16. Olivier Debouzy 2006-2010 Director View profile
  17. Jean-Louis Gergorin 2005-2008 Director View profile
  18. Blackwill, Robert, Ambassador 2005-2011 Director View profile
  19. Sir Ronald Mourad Cohen 2004-2010 Director View profile
  20. Andre Serenus Hoffmann 2004-2010 Director View profile
  21. Thomas Wylie Seaman 2003-2019 Director View profile
  22. David John Morrison 2003-2005 Director View profile
  23. Peter Stormonth Darling 2003-2007 Director View profile
  24. Professor Sir Edward Adam Roberts 2003-2007 Director View profile
  25. Michael John Cook 2003-2005 Director View profile
  26. Dr Margaret Anne Blunden 2003-2004 Director View profile
  27. Professor Alexander Danchev 2003-2005 Director View profile
  28. Nobumasa Tanaka 2001-2003 Director View profile
  29. Michael David Rich 2001-2003 Director View profile
  30. Hon Roy Maclaren 2001-2003 Director View profile
  31. Sir John Weston 2001-2003 Director View profile
  32. Professor Ross Babbage 2001-2003 Director View profile
  33. Professor Dr Carolina Galicia Hernandez 2001-2003 Director View profile
  34. Mahmud Ali Durrani 2001-2003 Director View profile
  35. Zoellick, Robert B, the Honorable 1999-2001 Director View profile
  36. Naumann, Klause, General 1999-2003 Director View profile
  37. Krause, Joachim, Doctor 1999-2003 Director View profile
  38. Han Sung-Joo 1999-2002 Director View profile
  39. Dr Hansrudolf Kamer 1998-2003 Director View profile
  40. Peter Ackerman 1998-2003 Director View profile
  41. Professor Stefano Silvestri 1997-2003 Director View profile
  42. Professor Selzaburo Sato 1997-1999 Director View profile
  43. Fleur Olive Lourens De Villiers 1997-2018 Director View profile
  44. Lord Ramsbotham 1996-2002 Director View profile
  45. Dr Kurt Joachim Lauk 1996-2007 Director View profile
  46. Professor Desmond John Ball 1996-2001 Director View profile
  47. Baroness Lilian Pauline Neville Jones 1996-2005 Director View profile
  48. Jusuf Wanandi 1996-2002 Director View profile
  49. Francois Heisbourg 1996-2018 Director View profile
  50. Shekhar Gupta 1996-2002 Director View profile
  51. Allan Gotlieb 1996-2000 Director View profile
  52. Dr Rita Eleanore Hauser 1996-2002 Director View profile
  53. Professor Sergei Blagovolin 1994-1996 Director View profile
  54. Dr Pierre Lellouche 1994-2002 Director View profile
  55. Zeev Alter Schiff 1993-2002 Director View profile
  56. Steven Edward Miller 1993-2002 Director View profile
  57. Yousef Al-Abdlatif 1993-2001 Director View profile
  58. Sir Lawrence David Freedman 1993-2002 Director View profile
  59. Richard Reeves Burt 1992-2001 Director View profile
  60. Professor Robert John O'Neill 1992-2002 Director View profile
  61. Silvestri, Stefano, Signor 1992-1995 Director View profile
  62. Professor Gungwu Wang 1992-2002 Director View profile
  63. Honourable Henry Newton Rowell Jackman 1992-1994 Director View profile
  64. Hyuck-in Lew 1999 Director View profile
  65. Ellsworth, Robert Fred, Honorable 2002 Director View profile
  66. Dr Gustav A Daniker 1998 Director View profile
  67. Dr Bo Kristofer Huldt 1992 Director View profile
  68. Joseph Fromm 1995 Director View profile
  69. Flora Lewis 1993 Director View profile
  70. Professor Kernial S Sandhu 1992 Director View profile
  71. Sir Robert Lucian Wade-Gery 2011 Director View profile
  72. Charles Georges Fricaud-Chagnaud 1992 Director View profile
  73. Professor Cesare Merlini 1992 Director View profile
  74. Wolfgang Bruno Altenburg 2001 Director View profile
  75. Professor Joseph Samuel Nye 1993 Director View profile
  76. Sir David Gerald Scholey 1993 Director View profile
  77. Dr James Thomson 1994 Director View profile
  78. Aharon Yariv 1993 Director View profile
  79. Professor Dr Karl Kaiser 1996 Director View profile
  80. Professor Helga Haftendorn 1996 Director View profile
  81. Professor Catherine Mcardle Kelleher 1994 Director View profile
  82. Sir John Adam Thomson 1996 Director View profile
  83. Professor Masashi Nishihara 1995 Director View profile
  84. Ib Faurby 1996 Director View profile
  85. Henri Simonet 1992 Director View profile
  86. Emeka Anyaoku 1996 Director View profile
  87. Thierry Rene De Montbrial 1992 Director View profile
  88. Professor Thomas Bruce Millar 1992 Director View profile
  89. Professor Ali E Hillal Dessouki 1993 Director View profile
  90. Michael John Draeger 2005-2009 Secretary View profile
  91. King, David Edwin, Colonel 1999-2005 Secretary View profile
  92. James Anthony Abernethy Mccoy 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/11/1958
Also a registered charity
The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The International Institute for Strategic Studies on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

1 grant · £18,030 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £18,030

Most recent

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £18,0302019-04-01
Board analysis

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.

10 directors on the board

5.1y median 4.4y
average tenure
9.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Professional services 5Other services 2

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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00615259
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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