Lord Hannan of Kingsclere is Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs and an independent member of the House of Lords. He has written nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World. He sat as an MEP for 21 years, and was a founder of Vote Leave. He is a regular columnist for, among others, The Sunday Telegraph, The Washington Examiner and The Daily Mail.

He can be contacted via iea.org.uk.