Mel Cappe is the Co-Chair of the Canada-UK Colloquium. He is a former deputy minister in a number of federal Canadian departments, and was Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 until 2006 he served as Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Anthony is Chairman of the Canada-UK Council. His career was in the FCO, where he was British Ambassador to Sweden (2003-2006) and High Commissioner to Canada (2007-2010). Other postings included Berlin, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC. He served twice on secondment to the European Commission, latterly as Chris Patten’s chef de cabinet.

Nicolas Maclean CMG was formerly active in banking and insurance, as well as serving in local government as an elected Councillor and for 15 years in national government as part-time Political Assistant to the then Prime Minister. He initiated the UK prototype for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) and was twice elected to Council of Chatham House.

Matthew Bondy is CEO of Bondy & Associates, a government relations and industry intelligence firm. Bondy also served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario. His writing on foreign policy has appeared in a variety of international publications, including the National Post, Toronto Star, Australian Naval Review, and Foreign Policy. In 2012 he was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for Service to Canada.

Professor Jennifer M. Welsh is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). She was previously Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and Professor in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where she co-founded the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. From 2013-2016, she served as the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on the Responsibility to Protect.

Dr. Tina J. Park is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Park Group (TPG) Inc., a global consulting firm focusing on international security. She serves as the Secretariat of the Canada-UK Colloquium