website<\/a>. The IEA did not respond to requests for further details about Clougherty\u2019s departure.<\/p>\nFrost said he had retired the Conservative whip in the House of Lords to take up the role at the think tank, but would continue to sit as a non-affiliated peer.<\/p>\n
He brings years of political and diplomatic experience to the post, including time as the chief Brexit negotiator and Europe adviser to the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n
Frost also served as cabinet minister responsible for EU relations during 2021, in Johnson\u2019s government.<\/p>\n
Prior to this, Frost was a diplomat, with postings in Brussels, New York, Paris and Nicosia, ending his diplomatic career as British ambassador to Denmark.<\/p>\n
Between 2013 and 2016, he was the chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association.<\/p>\n
The IEA said Frost\u2019s appointment \u201cmarks the beginning of a new chapter\u201d for the organisation, one \u201cfocused on rebuilding public understanding of how freedom, markets, enterprise and limited government create prosperity\u201d.<\/p>\n
Frost said: \u201cI am delighted to be able to make the case for freedom from this new vantage point, as director-general of the IEA, one of Britain\u2019s oldest, greatest, and certainly most pro-freedom think tanks.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that the charity did not engage in party politics, explaining his plans to retire the Conservative whip.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to having even greater freedom to say what I think and (to adopt the famous phrase of FA Hayek) to argue ever more strongly against the socialists of all parties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Linda Edwards, chair of the IEA, said that Frost \u201cbrings deep conviction, strong leadership, and a proven record of turning vision into action\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cHe has led teams through major challenges, modernised complex organisations and shown how clear principles can produce real results.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are genuinely excited to begin this new chapter under strong leadership, determined to reassert why economic liberty, personal responsibility and limited government remain the surest foundations for a flourishing society.<\/p>\n
“I would also like to thank Tom Clougherty for his excellent work as executive director over the past two years. He guided the IEA through a successful transition and strengthened and amplified its voice in public debate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Conservative cabinet minister Lord David Frost has been appointed as the new director-general and Ralph Harris…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-556454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115512021066877882","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}