The judges for the Warwick Prize for Writing 2013 were Ian Sansom of the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick ( Chair organization.leadership , Marina Warner CBE and Ed Byrne , Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University in Melbourne , Australia .

Professor Martin Hall , Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford served as Chair organization.leadership 2015 when he was replaced by Professor David Maguire , Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich .

A group of leading businesswomen and campaigners published a letter in `` The Guardian '' backing a Yes vote on 28 April 2011 , with signatories including Alexandra Shulman ( editor of `` Vogue '' ) , illustrator Daisy de Villenueve , writer Gillian Slovo , human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy , Hilary Wainwright ( editor of `` Red Pepper '' ) , journalist Isabel Hilton , Jacqueline Rose , writer Jay Griffiths , broadcaster Joan Bakewell , rabbi Julia Neuberger , fashion designer Patsy Puttnam , journalist Polly Toynbee , Janet Todd ( President of Lucy Cavendish College , Cambridge ) , Chair organization.leadership Young Labour Susan Nash , activist Tamsin Omond , financial consultant Tessa Tennant , fashion designer Vivienne Westwood , gynaecologist/campaigner Wendy Savage and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown .

Bradley Shavit `` Brad '' Artson ( born 1959 ) is an American rabbi , author , speaker , and the occupant of the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean 's Chair organization.leadership the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles , California , where he is Vice-President .

Gro Harlem Brundtland ( ; born Gro Harlem , 20 April 1939 ) is a former Prime Minister of Norway , a current Special Envoy with the United Nations , and the Deputy Chair organization.leadership The Elders .

Lawrence Ponoroff is the Samuel M. Fegtly Chair organization.leadership Commercial Law and former dean of the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona .

Andreas Pinkwart ( born 1960 in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is the Dean of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and holder of the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair organization.leadership Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship .

On October 15 , 2012 , the historic preliminary agreement was signed by Government 's chief negotiator Marvic Leonen , MILF Peace Panel Chair organization.leadership Iqbal ( nom de guerre ) , and Malaysian facilitator Tengku Dato ’ Ab Ghafar Tengku Mohamed along with President Aquino , Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia , Chairman Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim of the MILF , and Secretary-General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at the Malacañang Palace in Manila .

Dr. Daniel F. Muzyka is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada , the RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of British Columbia 's Sauder School of Business and Vice Chair organization.leadership a public director of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada .

Maureen Baker ( born 20 September 1958 ) is a British medical doctor and is the current Chair organization.leadership the Royal College of General Practitioners ( RCGP ) .

The Academy is run by a Council of 21 members , with Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE FAcSS as its current Chair organization.leadership and Professor Sir Ivor Crewe FAcSS , Master of University College , Oxford , as its current President .