Biographies of Conference Directors and Chief Executive

Nicholas Hopkinson
Director (Planning and External Relations) and member of Wilton Park Academic Staff since November 1987; studied International Politics, Queen's University, Kingston (BA Hons); MA in International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa and Graduate Diploma from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna. Publications include the volume "Parliamentary Democracy: Is There A Perfect Model?" (Ashgate, 2001), an investment management textbook with the Kluwer group, and articles for various magazines including Institutional Investor. Author of more than 60 Wilton Park Papers including papers and reports on the widening and deepening of the European Union, international trade, and parliamentary democracy. Co-editor of the Current Issues in International Diplomacy and Foreign Policy series, The Stationery Office.