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Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University, former UK Ambassador, foreign policy adviser to three Prime Ministers, bestselling author and Oxford University’s youngest Head of House

Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University, Tom Fletcher was previously the foreign policy adviser to three UK Prime Ministers (2007-11) and the UK’s Ambassador to Lebanon (2011-15). More recently he was a Visiting Professor at New York University (2015-20), advised the Global Business Coalition for Education, and chaired the International... Read More

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Biography

Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University, Tom Fletcher was previously the foreign policy adviser to three UK Prime Ministers (2007-11) and the UK’s Ambassador to Lebanon (2011-15). More recently he was a Visiting Professor at New York University (2015-20), advised the Global Business Coalition for Education, and chaired the International Advisory Council of the Creative Industries Federation. In 2018 he founded The Foundation for Opportunity which supports good people doing good things in public life.

Tom Fletcher led a review of British diplomacy for the UK Foreign Office in 2016, and on the future of the United Nations for the UN Secretary General in 2017. Plus a report in 2018 on the skills the next generation need to thrive in the 21st century.

He’s published three books. ‘The Naked Diplomat: Power and Politics in the Digital Age’ (Harper Collins, June 2016), ‘Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux’ (Harper Collins, February 2022) and ‘The Ambassador’ (Canelo, August 2022).

Tom lives in Oxford with his wife and his two sons Charlie and Theo.

"I just wanted to reach out to thank Tom for supporting our event last night. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and the team were delighted with his contribution." Marketing Manager, Barclays
"I’m pleased to say that Tom was fantastic thank you. His content was spot on – clearly linking to the topics for the remaining sessions of the afternoon - and his delivery was brilliant. The conference is on-going but it was apparent from the room and from the initial feedback we’ve had that it went down really well with the audience" Fiona Willcocks, Knight Frank
“Tom Fletcher was an inspired choice as speaker, a thought provoking session particularly his thoughts around trust.”
“I thought the guest speaker, Tom Fletcher, was really excellent. Fascinating to hear his stories but I felt that he really struck the right tone with this views on leadership. The ‘be a good ancestor’ piece and ‘be kind, be curious, be brave’ quotes certainly registered heavily with me and I am looking to get the latter in a frame to have in the office.”
“Tom spoke fabulously well and made a lot of sense. We need to set out the vision and show the ‘sunlit uplands’ that he referred to more frequently.”

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