James Arroyo OBE

James is the Director of the Ditchley Foundation and was previously director for data at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, charged with adapting the organisation to the digital age.  Prior to that he was director for Europe in the FCO and served abroad in embassies in France and across the Near East.  His intellectual interests include the impact of technology on society, business and government and the dynamics of insurgencies and terrorism. He read English at Cambridge University and is married to Kerry with two daughters.