Bronwen Maddox

Bronwen Maddox
A photograph of Bronwen Maddox in 2010
Maddox in 2010
BornBronwen Maria Maddox
(1963-05-07) 7 May 1963 (age 61)
New York City, US
OccupationDirector and CEO, Chatham House
EducationSt Paul's Girls' School
Westminster School
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Children1 daughter

Bronwen Maria Maddox (born 7 May 1963) is a former journalist who has served as the director and CEO of think tank Chatham House since August 2022. Prior to this, she was the Director of the Institute for Government between 2016 and 2022. Maddox is also a former foreign editor of The Times newspaper and editor of current affairs magazine Prospect.

Early life and education

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Bronwen Maria Maddox was born on 7 May 1963 in New York City[citation needed] to Welsh science writer John Royden Maddox, and American journalist and biographer Brenda Maddox.[1][2] Her younger brother is novelist and journalist Bruno Maddox.[3] She also has two stepsisters and two stepbrothers.[4] Her early education was at the independent St Paul's Girls' School, and Westminster School in London. She then studied philosophy, politics and economics at St John's College, Oxford.[1][5]

Career

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Her first job after graduation in 1985 was as an investment analyst at the private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners. She left the company in 1986 to join the investment bank Kleinwort Benson, where she was promoted to director of their media investment team.[1]

Maddox became an investigative reporter for the newspaper Financial Times in 1991, and was later promoted to leader writer. While at the newspaper, she ran the paper's year-long investigation into the publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell. Five years later, she joined The Times newspaper, where she was initially the US editor and Washington Bureau Chief before becoming the foreign editor in 1999.[1] Maddox wrote the book In Defence of America. In 2010, Maddox left the newspaper to become the chief executive and editor of the current affairs magazine Prospect.[6] She resigned from the magazine on 20 June 2016.[7]

In September 2016, she became the director of the think tank Institute for Government.[8] She is also a non-executive board member of the Law Commission since 9 November 2016, the independent body set up by Parliament to review and recommend reform of the law in England and Wales.[9] Since 2003, she has been a governor of the Ditchley Foundation and she is a former member of its council.[1][10] Maddox is a former trustee of the Imperial War Museum.[11]

In August 2022, Maddox became the director and CEO of the think tank Chatham House.[12]

Personal life

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Maddox has one daughter.[13][14]

Works

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  • In Defence of America, London: Duckworth, 2009. ISBN 9780715637920, OCLC 403437723

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Print and broadcast". The Times. 12 January 2005.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Rocco, Fiammetta (28 June 2019). "Brenda Maddox obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. ^ Who's Who. A & C Black. January 2007.
  4. ^ Dixon, Bernard (15 April 2009). "Sir John Maddox". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Bronwen Maddox". St. John's College, Oxford. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. ^ Deans, Jason (27 October 2010). "Bronwen Maddox to become chief executive and editor of Prospect". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. ^ Maddox, Bronwen (20 June 2016). "A final foreword—'Brexit'". Prospect. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Institute for Government appoints Bronwen Maddox as new Director". Institute for Government. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Bronwen Maddox appointed Non-Executive Board Member". Law Commission. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Ms. Bronwen Maddox". Ditchley Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Bronwen Maddox". St. John's College, Oxford. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Chatham House appoints new director and chief executive". Chatham House. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  13. ^ Maddox, Bronwen (2 October 2018). "How K-pop became the soundtrack to our family life". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  14. ^ Maddox, Bronwen (11 March 2015). "Clarkson: Is this the end of the road for Top Gear?". Prospect. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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