After forsaking academia to become a political adviser in the City, Brian Landers has acquired a range of experience of business and public policy issues. Until recently a director of the publisher Penguin, he previously held senior management positions with leading British retailers Sainsburys, Habitat, W H Smith and Waterstones.  

Brian’s public appointments have included Finance Director of H M Prison Service, Trustee of the Royal Armouries and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service. In addition he spent two years with a family planning charity, worked for an insurance company in Buenos Aires and an American multinational in Amsterdam and was a management consultant with Price Waterhouse.Brian has written on subjects as varied as quangos, European affairs and House of Commons committees. Empires Apart , a history of American and Russian imperialism, was published in 2009. He has an MBA from London Business School.