Bronwen Maria Maddox (born 7 May 1963) is a former journalist who has served as the director and CEO of think tank

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since August 2022. Prior to this, she was the Director of the

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between 2016 and 2022. Maddox is also a former foreign editor of ''

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'' newspaper and editor of current affairs magazine '' Prospect''.

Early life and education

Bronwen Maria Maddox was born on 7 May 1963 in New York City to British science writer John Royden Maddox, and American journalist and biographer Brenda Maddox. Her younger brother is novelist and journalist Bruno Maddox. She also has two stepsisters and two stepbrothers. Her early education was at the independent

St Paul's Girls' School St Paul's Girls' School is an independent day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England. History St Paul's Girls' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904, using part o ...

, and

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in London. She then studied philosophy, politics and economics at St John's College, Oxford.

Career

Her first job after graduation in 1985 was as an investment analyst at the private equity firm

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. She left the company in 1986 to join the investment bank

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, where she was promoted to director of their media investment team. Maddox became an investigative reporter for the newspaper ''

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'' in 1991, and was later promoted to leader writer. While at the newspaper, she ran the paper's year-long investigation into the publishing tycoon

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. Five years later, she joined ''

'' newspaper, where she was initially the US editor and Washington Bureau Chief before becoming the foreign editor in 1999. Maddox wrote the book ''In Defence of America''. In 2010, Maddox left the newspaper to become the chief executive and editor of the current affairs magazine '' Prospect''. She resigned from the magazine on 20 June 2016. In September 2016, she became the director of the think tank

. She is also a non-executive board member of the

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since 9 November 2016, the independent body set up by Parliament to review and recommend reform of the law in England and Wales. Since 2003, she has been a governor of the

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and she is a former member of its council. Maddox is a former trustee of the

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. In August 2022, Maddox became the director and CEO of the think tank

Personal life

Maddox has one daughter.

Works

*''In Defence of America'', London: Duckworth, 2009. ,

References

External links

"Bronwen Maddox on U.S.-Transatlantic Relations"
''C-SPAN'', 17 February 2017 *Jess Bowie
"Bronwen Maddox interview: meet the Institute for Government's new director"
''Civil Service World'', 10 November 2016 1963 births Living people People educated at St Paul's Girls' School People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of St John's College, Oxford English journalists American emigrants to England American people of Welsh descent English people of Welsh descent Journalists from New York City {{UK-journalist-stub