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Richard Harper

Richard Harper is a practicing Veterinary Surgeon with an MSc in Clinical Oncology. He has a keen interest in strategies of minimal intervention; both medical and political.

Richard Heller

Richard Heller was chief of staff to Denis Healey from 1981 to 1983 and to Gerald Kaufman from 1985 to 1987. He has reported or analysed six Presidential elections for British media. He is also the author of The Prisoner of Rubato Towers.

Richard Norrie

Richard Norrie is the Director of the Statistics and Policy Research Programme at Civitas, and author of the publication 'In Defence of British Openness'.

Richard Nugee

Lieutenant General (ret.) Richard Nugee is a Senior Research Associate with the Climate Change & (In)Security Project and Non-Executive Member of the Defence Safety and Envrionmental Committee.

Richard Patient

A former aide to Ted Heath, Richard is the Founder and Managing Director of the property communications consultancy, Thorncliffe. He played an active role in last year’s Brexit campaign, serving as London Chairman of Vote Leave’s business arm, Business for Britain. During the campaign he delivered a host of speeches and key note addresses to a range of business audiences right across the capital.

Richard Phillips

Richard is Director of Healthcare Policy at the ABHI. He took up the role in June 2015, and brings over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries, most recently as Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for North West Europe with BD Medical Technology.

Richard Rimkus

Richard is Editor in Chief of Conservatives Global and Chairman of Conservative Friends of the Baltic states

Richard Scorer

Richard Scorer is head of abuse law and public inquiries at Slater and Gordon

Richard Simmons and Nigel Culkin

Richard Simmons and Nigel Culkin are co-authors of the recently published: Tales of Brexits Past and Present: Understanding the Choices, Threats and Opportunities In Our Separation from the EU (Emerald Books, Dec-2018, PB, £12.99)

Richard Wood

Richard Wood is a better democracy campaigner and founder of Upgrade Holyrood. He was previously an Electoral Reform Society board member.

Rick Muir

Dr Rick Muir is the Director of the Police Foundation, the UK's independent policing thinktank.

Rob Clark

Rob Clark is Director of the Defence and Security Unit at the Civitas think tank. He served in the British military for 15 years, including operational tours of Iraq and Afghanistan

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