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Prosperity Institute

Founded in 2007

Damien Shannon is a former civil servant with over a decade of experience in the Cabinet Office, the Home Office and 10 Downing Street.

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Damien Shannon Director of Governance

100% funded by the Legatum Group

Marina has over 15 years of experience supporting C-suite leaders across the luxury, media, and investment sectors. She brings a wealth of expertise in office organisation to the Institute's Operations Team.

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Marina Robinson Team Executive Assistant

Every life is of infinite value

Jordan seeks to understand the world through a more quantitative lens. His principal goal is to promote prosperity, in the broadest sense of the word, both at home and abroad.

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Dr Jordan McKittrick Head of Data

21 members of staff

Kate has over 20 years experience in international finance, spanning private investment, sovereign wealth, banking, Big 4 practice, and media start up.

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Kate Leaman Chief Financial Officer

9 Papers published in 2024

Democracy

Radomir was Special Adviser to Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg. Previously at the Legatum Institute and IEA, publishing some of the most influential think-tank publications in the last decade.

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Dr Radomir Tylecote Managing Director

Life, Liberty & Rule of Law

16 Edington Fellows

4 Advisory Board members

Iliana Nenkova oversees operations to ensure exceptional service and smooth organisational experiences.

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Iliana Nenkova Hospitality Manager

Nurturing Nationhood

Clara worked at the IEA, running its educational programmes and conferences and coordinating academic network engagement. Clara read Theology & Religion at Oxford and now manages the Institute’s Fellowship and Internship programmes.

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Clara Morrissey Education Operations Manager

Promote: Prosperity of individuals, families, and nations

15th edition of the Prosperity Index

Sarah-Jane oversees the Front of House at the Prosperity Institute, bringing over five years of experience in front-of-house operations.

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Sarah-Jane Lewis Front of House

Sovereignty

Prior to working at the institute James worked in finance, first as a project accountant within the defence industry and then as a fund analyst within an investment firm.

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James Graham Senior Researcher, Financial Freedoms

Renewal

Rhys is Editorial and Research Director at the Prosperity Institute, where he oversees the Institute's pipeline of publications and supports the research team in their research and writing.

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Rhys Laverty Editorial and Research Director

23 events hosted in 2024

Angus joined the Prosperity Institute after almost four years’ experience running political, reputational, and corporate campaigns, most notably for Lynton Crosby’s CT Group.

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Angus Kincaid Digital and Communications Manager

Strong families create prosperity

Fred oversees the Institute’s parliamentary and legislative work. He is responsible for research on British prosperity, encompassing Brexit opportunities, regulatory and government reform, and economic growth.

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Fred de Fossard Director of Strategy

18 years of influence

Sarah has spent most of the past 20 years working in US politics, advocating for policies encouraging economic prosperity and the preservation of individual freedom.

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Sarah Elliott Director of Special Relationship Unit

Growth

Alexander joined the Sovereignty Unit in 2023. His latest report, “From AUKUS to CAUKUS: The Case for Canadian Integration”, was endorsed by four former Prime Ministers.

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Alexander Gray Director of Sovereignty

Flourishing Families

Nikolay Atanasov is the Hospitality Coordinator for the Prosperity Institute.

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Nikolay Atanasov Hospitality Coordinator

Generating Prosperity

Prior to joining Prosperity Institute, Sam led research and advocacy projects at the Centre for Social Justice, in housing, homelessness, planning, criminal justice, youth services, and sports policy.

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Dr Samuel Bruce Director of Philosophy and Education

Education

Emmanuel led economic analysis and impact assessment at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and was an economist and policy adviser in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

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Dr Emmanuel Igwe Economist