Join us for this special event with Eliza Manningham-Buller, co-President of Chatham House, former Director General of the UK Security Service (MI5) and former Chair of the Wellcome Trust.

Meet our speaker and chair

Eliza Manningham-Buller is co-president of Chatham House. Previously, she was Director General of the UK Security Service (MI5) between 2002 and 2007. She became a Crossbench life peer in 2008, and in the Lords she is a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee and is chair of the Conduct Committee. She served as chair of the Council of Imperial College from 2011 to 2015; and on the Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust from 2008 to 2021, chairing it from 2015.

Minouche Shafik is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this, she was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. She is an alumna of LSE. Her new book, What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract, is out now.

More about this event

This in-person and online event is open to attend for current LSE students and staff only. To find out more and how to register, please click on the 'How can I attend?' box.

The Department of International Relations (@LSEIRDept), now in its 94th year, is one of the oldest as well as largest International Relations departments in the world, with a truly international reputation. We are ranked 2nd in the UK in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2021 tables for Politics and International Studies.

LSE IDEAS (@lseideas) is LSE's foreign policy think tank. Through sustained engagement with policymakers and opinion-formers, IDEAS provides a forum that informs policy debate and connects academic research with the practice of diplomacy and strategy.