Suzy Dean

Suzy Dean is a writer and journalist who is associated with the libertarian LM network, in that she is a member of the Battle of Ideas Committee and co-organiser of the Institute of Ideas Current Affairs Forum, has adjudicated for Debating Matters and writes for Spiked.1 She also co-founded the Modern…

This page was archived on 9 September 2020 and is not actively maintained Background Hayes is a Professor of Education and Chair of the College of Education Research Committee at the University of Derby.4 He co-ordinates the Academy of Ideas’ Education Forum4 and is also the Founder and Director of the campaign group Academics For Academic Freedom.

Background Shane Frith is currently (2012) the Director of the Brussels-based think tank New Direction. Its slogan is: “Promoting free enterprise, small government, individual freedom and a new direction for Europe.” New Direction — The Foundation for European Reform is a free market, euro-realist think-tank established in 2010 in Brussels and the UK affiliated to the Alliance of European…

Red Flag is a public relations (PR) company with offices in London, Dublin, Brussels, Washington DC and Cape Town.16 Alongside companies from the biotechnology, food and alcohol industries, its client list has included British American Tobacco (BAT) and the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), which has received funding from BAT and other tobacco companies. In February 2025, Ankura…

Ashok Rammohan joined Philip Morris International (PMI) in 1994 as an intern. 34 He became President for Affiliates in Russia and Belarus at PMI in 2018.35 He served on the Board of SMPM International, a joint venture between PMI and Swedish Match aimed at internationalising snus, until it was dissolved in 2015.

Bertrand Bonvin became Senior Vice President Design and User Experience at Philip Morris International (PMI) in August 2017.38 Longstanding Career in Tobacco Industry Bonvin joined PMI in 1993 as a Senior Project Engineer in Switzerland, and has held numerous senior positions with the company, including:39 President PMI Affiliates Russia and Belarus (July 2015 – August 2017) Senior…

The International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO) was formally set up in June 2016, and registered as a civil society organisation in Switzerland three months later, when it set up its current website.43 INNCO moved its offices to Geneva in November 2017.4344 However, prior to 2016 INNCO had existed as a “cooperative network”.43 In 2019,…

Plain tobacco packaging was extended to the UK and Ireland in May 2016,107108 three and a half years after it was first introduced in Australia in December 2012.109 France is due to follow suit in January 2017110 and Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and Turkey are also formally considering the…

This page lists the management, board of directors, previous staff and other key personnel associated with the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW), which was rebranded in May 2024 as Global Action to End Smoking (GAES). In June 2025, less than two years after the termination of its pledge agreement with Philip Morris International (PMI), GAES announced…

Stephen M. Wolf was appointed to the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International (PMI) in 2008.200 In his capacity as a PMI Board member, Wolf has served as a member of the Audit, Compensation and Leadership Development, Finance, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Product Innovation and Regulatory Affairs Committees. Previously, Wolf served as a Director…