UNITED KINGDOM

Nicola Cioffi
Annual Diplomatic Member. Graduated in Law. 2007-present, Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia; 2004-present, Administrator, Nymans Trading LTD; 2001-present, Protector, GV Family Trust; 1998-present, ITCO Group; 1996-present, President, Worldwide Trading SAM; 1992-96, Marketing Manager, Credit Suisse Private Banking; 1987-92, Senior Sales Manager, San Paolo Invest; 1984-87, Sales Manager, Fideuram Bank; 1980-84, Responsible for "Private Bank" clients, Banco Di Roma.

Omar Garcia-Obregon
Senate Member. BS Biology, BA Spanish, MA Spanish Language Studies, MSEd, PhD in Hispanic Studies. Main fields: Writer, lecturer, editor. From September 2001, Chairman, Department of Hispanic Studies & Italian, School of Modern Languages, Queen Mary, University of London. 1983-present, free-lance writer. Lecturer (1992-2001), Modern Spanish and Latin American Literature, Film & Culture, and Director, Latin American & Modern Hispanic Research Seminar (1993-2001), Department of Hispanic Studies & Italian, Queen Mary, University of London.

Stuart Greaves
Founder Member. BSc in Chemistry. Main fields: Agrochemicals. Business and Chemical Consultant, York, 2000-present. Director of Corporate Development, Micro Flo Company, Lakeland, Florida, USA, 1996-2000. Managing Director, Martin Industries Limited, Nottingham, 1986-96. General Manager, Farmco Australia Pty Ltd., Perth, Australia, 1981-85. Technical Manager, A.H. Marcs & Co. Ltd., Bradford, 1974-81. Corporate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Irene M. K. Ovenstone
Founder Member. MBChB, DPH, DPM, MD, MRCPsych., FRCPsych. Main fields: Psychiatry. 1973-94, Clinical Teacher, Consultant Psychiatrist specialising in Old Age Psychiatry, University of Nottingham City Hospital; 1994-present, Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, Central Notts Health Care Trust in general psychiatry; 1994-present, Medico-Legal Practice, Nottingham Nuffield Hospital; 1981-present, Mental Health Tribunals. Author of several papers on suicidal behaviour, marital neurosis, and admissions to old people's homes in the British Journal of Psychiatry and other journals.

David Spooner
Academic Member. BA, PhD. Main fields: Professional writer and naturalist. He has served on the National Biodiversity Committee for Scotland, and was recently an adviser to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the successful rescue of the El Segundo Blue Butterfly at the dunes by Los Angeles airport; Lecturer at the University of Kent, Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University. Director of Borderline Press, 1977-87. Founded Butterfly Conservation East Scotland in 1995. Member Association Benjamin Constant, University of Lausanne, the Thoreau Society of America.

Peter John Turner
Academic Member. BS in Ship Science. Main fields: Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering. Professional & Technology Officer Goddess, Bath, 1981-85; Professional and Technology Officer Logistic Support Section, Bath, 1985-91; Goddess Section, Bath, 1991-93; Drawing Office Control Section, Bath, 1993-97; Technical Publications Section, Bath, 1997-98; General Engineering Section, Bath, 1998-present. Member Institute of Directors, London, 1994-95; Institute of Management, London, 1993-present; Fellow Institution Diagnostic Engineers; Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.