David Willetts
The Rt Hon. Lord Willetts FRS is the President of the Resolution Foundation. He is Chair of the UK Space Agency and a Board member of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). He served as the Member of Parliament for Havant (1992-2015), as Minister for Universities and Science (2010-2014) and previously worked at HM Treasury and in the No.10 Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher.
He chairs the Foundation for Science and Technology. He is an Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London. He serves on the Board of Darktrace.
He has written widely on economic and social policy. His book “A University Education” is published by Oxford University Press. A second edition of his book “The Pinch” on fairness between the generations was published in 2019.