What does the Britain Abroad Task Force consist of?

The Britain Abroad Task Force consists of four different elements:

A Ministerial Group

This is led by Baroness Symons, Minister of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, and brings together ministers from key government departments and non-departmental bodies involved in the promotion of the United Kingdom abroad. Members include:

• Baroness Symons (Co-Chair) - Foreign and Commonwealth Office/British Trade International
• Baroness Blackstone - Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
• Margaret Hodge - Department for Education and Skills (DFES)
• Alan Wilson - Deputy Minister Sports and Culture for the Scottish Executive
• Ms Jenny Randerson - Minister for Culture, Sport and Welsh Language at the Welsh Assembly
• Sir Reg Empey - Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment on the Northern Ireland Executive
• Baroness Kennedy - Chair, British Council
• David Quarmby - Chairman, British Tourist Authority
• Sir Christopher Frayling - Chairman, Design Council
• Sir David Wright - Trade Partners UK and Invest UK
• John Sorrell - Britain Abroad Co-chair
• David Reddaway - Britain Abroad Chair of the Management Group
• Jonathan Griffin - Britain Abroad Executive Director

A Creative Strategy Group

This brings together leading creative people from the private sector with the public sector to look at how the UK is presented overseas. This is chaired by John Sorrell, the founder of Newell and Sorrell and former chairman of the Design Council.

A Management Group

This brings together senior members of the main public sector bodies to ensure that everyone is working to a common agenda.

An Executive

This manages the work of the Task Force.