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Reaction provides commentary and analysis on politics, business, economics and culture – seeking to make sense of the news.

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Board Of Directors

Robert Salisbury

Chairman

Former Leader of the House of Lords and Minister in the MoD, Lord Salisbury is Chairman of the Constitution Reform Group, Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, President of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Chairman of the Lord Burghley 500 Foundation and serves on the Advisory Board of Open Europe.

Iain Martin

Editor/Founder

Iain Martin is the editor, publisher and co-founder of Reaction. He writes a weekly column on politics for The Times and appears as a commentator on the BBC and CNN. He is the author of the award-winning book “Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the men who blew up the British Economy” and of “Crash, Bang, Wallop: the inside story of Big bang and financial revolution that changed the world."

Maggie Pagano

Executive Editor

Maggie writes regularly for the Times and the Daily Mail on business matters. She was business editor of the Independent on Sunday and a founding editor of the highly-successful Financial News, the specialist City newspaper and online site, now part of the Dow Jones group. She has held senior staff positions at the Guardian, the Times and the Daily Telegraph. She is a Reaction board member.

Mark Fox

Deputy Chairman

Mark Fox is Deputy Chairman of Reaction. Mark’s career encompasses business, journalism, volunteering, politics and the Royal Navy. He is the Chief Executive of The Business Services Association (BSA). The BSA works with industry to promote best practice, apprenticeships, job creation, investment and innovation across the UK’s private and public sectors.

David Soskin

Board Member

David Soskin is the co-founder of a Venture Capital firm which invests globally in early stage digital businesses. David was CEO of Cheapflights (renamed Momondo). He was a finalist for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year. His book “Net Profit” was an eCommerce bestseller. Previously, David held senior positions in banking and industry. He served in the Number 10 Policy Unit.

Reaction Advisory Board

Viscount Ridley

Viscount Ridley is a world renowned author and columnist for The Times. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Lord Hill

Lord Hill is a former European Commissioner, Leader of the House of Lords and Political Secretary to Prime Minister John Major.

Nicole Gray Conchar

Nicole is the founder of Apple Fundraising Consultants - she is a leading figure in the field of international fundraising, event management and philanthropic advisory.

Adam Boulton

Adam Boulton is a member of the Reaction Editorial Advisory Panel. He is Editor at Large for Sky News and political columnist for the Sunday Times. He was formerly political editor for Sky News and Tv-am and chairman of the parliamentary lobby. His books include “Tony’s Ten years: memories of the Blair Administration”.

Lord Bridges of Headley MBE

George Bridges is Senior Adviser to Ana Botin, Group Executive Chairman of Banco Santander. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) until he resigned in June 2017, having been a Minister in the Cabinet Office since May 2015.

Sir Nigel Rudd, DL

Sir Nigel Rudd is Chairman of BBA Aviation plc, Meggitt PLC, Business Growth Fund and Sappi Limited. Previously, he was Chairman of Pilkington; Alliance Boots; Chairman of Pendragon; Chairman of Invensys; non-Executive Director and latterly Deputy Chairman of Barclays Bank and Barclays plc from 1996 until April 2009. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire and a former Chancellor of Loughborough University.