Profiles of the Committee Members
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Nick Hawkins: Chairman of the Committee
A lawyer and a conservative ex-member of parliament in the UK (1992-2005), graduated from Oxford.
Over the years, he has built intimacy with Theresa May (and her spouse), the UK’s ex-PM who is also in fact a godmother to his son.
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Conway Downing: Member of the Committee
A lawyer in the US, graduated from Harvard College, and known as an influential lobbyist to the government and the political arena. George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the US was even a classmate of his during high school.
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Taro Shirakawa: Member of the Committee
Doctor of Medical Science, ex-medical professor of Kyoto University. During his career as a researcher at Oxford School, he came into the spotlight when his well known article in ‘Science’ was published in a journal for the first time by a Japanese researcher.