Our team
The people behind the project
Co-Founder / Director / Head of Engagement
Lukas Wick
Lukas is a frequent adviser on EU and NATO security and defence policy, having worked at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in London and in Brussels. Before that, he had served as Head of Unit at the Representation of the State of Hesse to the EU.
Co-founder / Director / Head of Policy
Bartek Staniszewski
Bartek is the author of several think-tank reports and a frequent writer for the Spectator, Critic and Gazeta Prawna. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Centre Write, an IPR Policy Fellow of the University of Bath and a Fellow of the Centre for Family and Education.
Co-founder / Non-executive director
Ryan Shorthouse
Ryan is the Founder and Executive Chair of Bright Blue in the UK, which he established in 2013. He is also the Deputy Chair of TASO, a Commissioner of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and a Director of the UK Office of the Small Business Commissioner.
