Professor Stephen J Toope OC, LL.D. is 346th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, the first non-UK national to hold the post. He was Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, and President, the University of British Columbia. A former Dean of Law, McGill University, Toope was also Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.

Professor Toope publishes in global journals on human rights, international dispute resolution, international environmental law, the use of force, and international legal theory, and has lectured at universities around the world.

His current book project with Professor Jutta Brunnée explores mechanisms and processes fostering stability and change in international law.

Professor Diane Coyle is the inaugural Bennett Professor of Public Policy, and co-directs the Bennett Institute of Public Policy with Professor Michael Kenny. She leads research in the fields of public policy economics, technology, industrial strategy and global inequality. Diane was previously Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester and has held a number of public service roles including Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, member of the Competition Commission, and member of the Migration Advisory Committee. She is currently a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. She was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the public understanding of economics in the 2018 New Year Honours.