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Sarah Taylor

Sarah Taylor is a Partner at international law firm HFW specialising in international commodity trade and shipping.

Scott Arthur MP

Scott Arthur is a British academic and Labour Party politician who was born on 8 June 1969. He was elected Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West in 2024, representing the Labour Party in this constituency.

Arthur combines his background in academia with his work in Parliament as a Labour MP. He writes commentary for Comment Central.

Scott Cresswell

Scott Cresswell is a political commentator and writer of history and current affairs. He recently graduated from Middlesex University in creative writing and journalism. He is keenly interested in British leadership, prime ministers, and elections.

Sean Hanley

Dr Sean Hanley is an Associate Professor in Comparative Central and East European Politics at UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

Sean Kohli

Sean Kohli is Chair of the Young Entrepreneurs Forum, a new initiative aimed at bringing together the next generation of UK entrepreneurs to campaign for change and stop the exodus of young founders leaving the country.

Sean Walsh

Sean Walsh is a former university teacher of philosophy. He has a doctorate in the philosophy of artificial intelligence and his current research interests are in the philosophy of mind, metaphysics and the philosophy of religion. He is also interested in philosophical issues around addiction. He lives in Wiltshire and works with addiction and recovery agencies, and with a homeless charity.

Sebastien Kurzel

Sebastien Kurzel is a Masters student at LSE, and previously studied geology. He is interested in the interface between energy sources, geopolitics, and UK national security.

Seema Dosaj

Seema Dosaj is a Managing Partner at London-based Berris Law.

Shadim Hussain

Shadim Hussain is a member of the UK government's National Steering Group on Adoption, CEO of My Foster Family and board member of Bradford Foundation Trust.

Shahreer Zahan

Shahreer Zahan is the Founder & CEO of Adroit Education, where he leads initiatives focused on student mentorship, academic development and global admissions strategy.

Shanker Singham

Shanker is the Director of the International Trade and Competition Unit (ITCU) of the Institute of Economic Affairs. The ITCU is focused on providing advice to the UK government, industry and media on the Brexit negotiations, among other trade policy issues. As one of the world’s leading trade and competition lawyers, he has worked on the privatisation of the UK electricity market, the transition of the Soviet, Central and Eastern European economies and the apertura in Latin America. He has worked on the accession of Poland and Hungary to the EU, the WTO accessions of a number of countries, including China and Russia. Shanker was educated at St. Paul’s School, London and has an M.A in Chemistry from Balliol College, Oxford University and postgraduate legal degrees in both the UK and US.

Sharan Srinivas

Sharan Srinivas is Director of Protecting Rights Defenders at the world’s largest human rights donor, the Open Society Foundations.

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