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In its early years of the SMF the thinktank was closely connected to The Conservative Party. Former SMF directors [[Roderick Nye]] and [[Daniel Finkelstein]], went on to become Conservative Party advisers<ref>Social Market Foundation, [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2009/04/market-foundation-social-party Politics], ''The New Statesman'', Accessed 09-June-2009</ref>and as late as 2000, the SMF described itself as "steering an independent course between conflicting ideologies of conservatism and social democracy"<ref>Social Market Foundation, [http://web.archive.org/web/19981212032841/http://www.smf.co.uk/ Social Market Foundation], ''Web Archive'', 12-December-1998, Accessed 09-June-2009</ref>.
 
In its early years of the SMF the thinktank was closely connected to The Conservative Party. Former SMF directors [[Roderick Nye]] and [[Daniel Finkelstein]], went on to become Conservative Party advisers<ref>Social Market Foundation, [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2009/04/market-foundation-social-party Politics], ''The New Statesman'', Accessed 09-June-2009</ref>and as late as 2000, the SMF described itself as "steering an independent course between conflicting ideologies of conservatism and social democracy"<ref>Social Market Foundation, [http://web.archive.org/web/19981212032841/http://www.smf.co.uk/ Social Market Foundation], ''Web Archive'', 12-December-1998, Accessed 09-June-2009</ref>.
  
==Personnel==  
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==People==  
 
 
 
===Key Officers===
 
===Key Officers===
  
 
[[David Lipsey]] (Lord Lipsey of Tooting Bec), Chairman | [[Ian Mulheirn]], Director | [[Natalie Tarry]], Deputy Director | [[Simon Griffiths]] | [[Jessica Prendergrast]] | [[Will Hoyles]]
 
[[David Lipsey]] (Lord Lipsey of Tooting Bec), Chairman | [[Ian Mulheirn]], Director | [[Natalie Tarry]], Deputy Director | [[Simon Griffiths]] | [[Jessica Prendergrast]] | [[Will Hoyles]]
 
 
===Policy Advisory Board===
 
===Policy Advisory Board===
  
 
[[George Osborne]] | [[Vince Cable]] | [[Trevor Phillips]]
 
[[George Osborne]] | [[Vince Cable]] | [[Trevor Phillips]]
 
 
===Previous Board Members===
 
===Previous Board Members===
  
 
[[Robert Skidelsky]], Former Chairman | [[Rick Nye]], Former Director | [[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Director | [[Philip Collins]], Former Director | [[Ann Rossiter]] Former Deputy Director
 
[[Robert Skidelsky]], Former Chairman | [[Rick Nye]], Former Director | [[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Director | [[Philip Collins]], Former Director | [[Ann Rossiter]] Former Deputy Director
  
==People==
 
 
===Key Staff===
 
===Key Staff===
  
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===Policy Advisory Board Members===
 
===Policy Advisory Board Members===
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time."<ref>'06/07 Annual Report</ref>
 
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord  
 
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord  
 
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]
 
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]
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*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP
 
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP
 
*[[David Willetts]] MP
 
*[[David Willetts]] MP
 
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)
 
  
 
===Patrons===
 
===Patrons===
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*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]
 
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]
 
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)
 
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE
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*[[Ian Corfield]], Office of Lord Stevenson CBE
 
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
 
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect
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*[[David Goodhart]], Editor, Prospect
*John Hatherly, M & G
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*[[John Hatherly]], M & G
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance
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*[[John Jackson]], Chairman, Countryside Alliance
*Ruth Kelly MP
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*[[Ruth Kelly]] MP
 
*Calum Macdonald MP
 
*Calum Macdonald MP
 
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank
 
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank
 
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies
 
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges
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*Ann Rossiter, [[Fishburn Hedges]]
 
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management
 
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management
  
 
===Former Staff===
 
===Former Staff===
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]
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*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the [[Communist Party ofGreat Britain]] and [[Democratic Left]]
 
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service
 
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service
 
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com
 
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)
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*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly [[Beth Egan]])
 
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]
 
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]
 
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]
 
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]
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:'''Contact Details'''
 
:'''Contact Details'''
  
:Address: 11 Tufton St, London, SW1P 3QB
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:Address: 11 [[Tufton St]], London, SW1P 3QB
 
:Telephone: 020 7222 7060
 
:Telephone: 020 7222 7060
 
:Fax: 020 7222 0310
 
:Fax: 020 7222 0310

Revision as of 07:07, 9 June 2009

Social Market Foundation Logo

The Social Market Foundation is a London-based think tank established "to provide a source of innovative economic and social policy ideas"[1]. Located in close proximity to the houses of Parliament, the SMF has been influential in helping with the development of policies in the areas of health, education, welfare and pensions policy reform[2]. The Social Market Foundation, as the name suggests, attempts to develop ideas based on a fusion of the two themes of social justice and neo-liberal economics[3].

History

The Social Market Foundation was founded in 1989 out of the ashes of David Owen's Social Democratic Party (SDP). It was created by supporters of Owen although it has never been officially affiliated with any political party. The think tank was originally linked to One Nation Conservatism however since the late 1990's it has been more closely identified with New Labour. In 2003 Gordon Brown delivered a keynote speech to the foundation on the subject of social markets.[4]


In its early years of the SMF the thinktank was closely connected to The Conservative Party. Former SMF directors Roderick Nye and Daniel Finkelstein, went on to become Conservative Party advisers[5]and as late as 2000, the SMF described itself as "steering an independent course between conflicting ideologies of conservatism and social democracy"[6].

People

Key Officers

David Lipsey (Lord Lipsey of Tooting Bec), Chairman | Ian Mulheirn, Director | Natalie Tarry, Deputy Director | Simon Griffiths | Jessica Prendergrast | Will Hoyles

Policy Advisory Board

George Osborne | Vince Cable | Trevor Phillips

Previous Board Members

Robert Skidelsky, Former Chairman | Rick Nye, Former Director | Daniel Finkelstein, Former Director | Philip Collins, Former Director | Ann Rossiter Former Deputy Director

Key Staff

  • Ann Rossiter: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of Fishburn Hedges, the corporate communications consultancy, and Lexington Communications; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of OFT Futures Advisory Board
  • Natalie Tarry: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with New Local Government Network, an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;
  • Dermot Kehoe: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV

Board Members

Chairman: Lord Lipsey

Policy Advisory Board Members

The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time."[7]

Patrons

Other Staff

  • Business Manager: Claire Newman
  • Events Manager: Sally Dobson
  • Conference Manager: Kirstine Roberts
  • Chief Economist: Ian Mulheirn
  • Senior Research Fellow: Simon Griffiths
  • Senior Research Fellow: Jessica Prendergrast
  • Head of Health: Lyndsay Mountford
  • Health Project Leader: David Furness
  • Communications Officer: Robert Sharp
  • Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty
  • Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics
  • Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;
  • Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme
  • Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network
  • Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou

Former Board Members

Former Advisory Members

Former Staff

Funding

The SMF is funded by charitable foundations, companies and individual donors.[8].

Location and Contact Details

Social Market Foundation Map

The Social Market Foundation is located in at an address which is also used by the Adam Smith Institute to host events[9]. The building is located in close proximity to the Houses of Parliament.


Contact Details
Address: 11 Tufton St, London, SW1P 3QB
Telephone: 020 7222 7060
Fax: 020 7222 0310
Email: info@smf.co.uk
Website: www.smf.co.uk

Notes

  1. Social Market Foundation, About Us, SMF Website, Accessed 09-June-2009
  2. Social Market Foundation, Thinktanks in the news, The Guardian, Accessed 09-June-2009
  3. Social Market Foundation,About Us, SMF Website, Accessed 09-June-2009
  4. Gordon Brown, A Modern Agenda for Prosperity and Social Reform, Speech to the Social Market Foundation, 3-February-2003, Accessed 09-June-2009
  5. Social Market Foundation, Politics, The New Statesman, Accessed 09-June-2009
  6. Social Market Foundation, Social Market Foundation, Web Archive, 12-December-1998, Accessed 09-June-2009
  7. '06/07 Annual Report
  8. Social Market Foundation, Thinktanks in the news, The Guardian, Accessed 09-June-2009
  9. January Events, Geoffrey Clinton-Brown MP talk, Conservative Blogs, Accessed 09-June-2009