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The Institute of Economic Affairs
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Juan Enrique Castaneda FernandezDirector · since 2026
- Professor Christian BjornskovDirector · since 2020
- Linda Harrison EdwardsDirector · since 2019
- Robin Warwick EdwardsDirector · since 2017
- Bruno George PriorDirector · since 2013
- Anthony Patrick Leslie MinfordDirector · since 2002
- Robert James BoydDirector · since 1995
- Andrew MayerSecretary · since 2021
Previous officers 24
- Thomas Oliver Craig Harris 2023-2026 View profile
- Jon Moynihan 2018-2018 View profile
- Neil Peter Record 2008-2023 View profile
- Professor Mark Pennington 2008-2018 View profile
- Sir Michael Hintze 2005-2022 View profile
- John Richard Shackleton 2005-2008 View profile
- Kevin Bell 2002-2025 View profile
- Professor Tim Congdon 2002-2003 View profile
- Dame Carolyn Julie Fairbairn 2002-2004 View profile
- Professor David Roderic Myddelton 1994-2015 View profile
- Professor Martin John Ricketts 1992-2025 View profile
- Geoffrey Edward Wood 2002 View profile
- Michael Harold Naylor Fisher 2017 View profile
- Professor Harold Bertram Rose 1998 View profile
- Sir Michael John De Rougement Richardson 2002 View profile
- Malcolm Hugh Dees Mcalpine 2011 View profile
- Lord Nigel Vinson 2004 View profile
- Sir Alan Turner Peacock 1993 View profile
- Sir Ronald Halstead 1993 View profile
- Linda Whetstone 2021 View profile
- Sir Edwin Ronald Nixon 1992 View profile
- Sir Peter Ingram Walters 2007 View profile
- Clare Elizabeth Rusbridge 2001-2021 View profile
- Eileen Winifred Graham 2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 29/03/1963
- Also a registered charity
- The Institute of Economic Affairs Limited
Financials
- Employees
- 0.2
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
7 directors on the board
- Bruno George Prior Director · appointed 2013
- Professor Christian Bjornskov Director · appointed 2020
- Robert James Boyd Director · appointed 1995
- Robin Warwick Edwards Director · appointed 2017
- Linda Harrison Edwards Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Patrick Leslie Minford Director · appointed 2002
- Professor Juan Enrique Castaneda Fernandez Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Bruno George Prior Director · appointed 2013
- Robert James Boyd Director · appointed 1995
- Robin Warwick Edwards Director · appointed 2017
- Linda Harrison Edwards Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Patrick Leslie Minford Director · appointed 2002
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Professor Christian Bjornskov Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Juan Enrique Castaneda Fernandez Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (5)
- Bruno George Prior Director · appointed 2013
- Robert James Boyd Director · appointed 1995
- Robin Warwick Edwards Director · appointed 2017
- Linda Harrison Edwards Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Patrick Leslie Minford Director · appointed 2002
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Martin John Ricketts Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2025
- Thomas Oliver Craig Harris Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00755502
- 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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