A Meeting of Minds Gatekeepers - March 2023

Speakers

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  David Robson

  Writer

  David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. After graduating with a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, he worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years. His writing has also appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon, Men’s Health and many more outlets. In 2021, David received awards from the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) and the UK Medical Journalists’ Association (MJA) for his writing on misinformation and risk communication during the COVID pandemic. In 2022, he won Mental Health Story of the Year at the MJA Annual Awards and was a finalist for the Best British Science Journalist of the Year Award from the ABSW. David’s first book, The Intelligence Trap, was published in 2019, and received worldwide media attention. His second book The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and won a British Psychological Society Book Award in the popular science category.

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  Andrew Mills

  Insight Financial Research, Director & Owner

  Andrew has been an analyst and observer of asset management and banking for nearly 20 years. He set up his own research company ten years ago, building on extensive experience advising blue chip clients at PwC. Andrew now works with a range of clients including global banks, investment managers and major consultancies. He is a chartered account, a qualified securities analyst and contributes to the work of several finance-related think tanks.

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  Leigh Fisher

  Head of Business Development, EMEA, Door

  Leigh is Head of Business Development, EMEA at Door Ventures. She has over 20 years’ experience in asset management having most recently worked at Nomura Asset Management as Sales Director for the UK Intermediary and Strategic Partnerships channel. Previous roles at Investec Bank, Natixis and Neptune have provided her with a wealth of knowledge across funds and portfolios.

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  Professor Matthew Goodwin

  Professor of Politics, University of Kent

  Matthew J. Goodwin is an academic, writer and speaker known mainly for his work on British and European politics, extremism, immigration and Euroscepticism. He is currently a Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of Kent, and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. Matthew is a trained political scientist. He engages widely and has worked with over two hundred non-academic organisations from the European Parliament and National Security Agency down to his local police authority.