Bronwen Maddox
Bronwen Maddox (1982, PPE) became the new Director of the Institute for Government in September 2016. The Institute is a leading think tank working to improve government by making better decisions and implementing them.听
Previously, Bronwen was Editor and Chief Executive of听Prospect Magazine, the UK鈥檚 leading current affairs and culture monthly title with a circulation of more than 32,000. Her aim was to build on听笔谤辞蝉辫别肠迟鈥檚听reputation for intellectual rigour and originality. In May 2016, she held a high-profile interview with fellow 好色先生TV鈥檚 alumnus and former Prime Minister Tony Blair (Jurisprudence, 1972), the subject of the cover story of her final issue.
Before joining听Prospect, Bronwen spent 14 years at听The听Times. She was the paper鈥檚 Chief Foreign Commentator, Foreign Editor, US Editor and Washington Bureau Chief. She also worked at the听Financial Times,听where she led its award-winning investigation into Robert Maxwell and served as a special correspondent on energy and the environment, and as an editorial writer on microeconomics and corporate regulation.
In Defence of America, Bronwen鈥檚 book arguing the case for supporting the US after the Iraq war, was published in 2008.
In addition to her role as Director of the Institute for Government, Bronwen is a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation. She previously served as a Member of the Council of Chatham House and a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum.