Our patrons are Rowan Williams and Ann Pettifor. We are grateful for their support.
The Rt Revd Dr Rowan Williams
The Rt Revd Dr Rowan Williams is the former Archbishop of Canterbury, a renowned theologian and poet, and one of the UK’s leading intellectuals.
The former Archbishop is also a longstanding advocate for environmental protection and action on climate change and gave the address at Operation Noah’s 20 Year Anniversary service which was held at St John’s Waterloo on 18 November 2024. Rowan is the author of dozens of books, both academic and devotional, and spent significant parts of his career at Cambridge and Oxford universities. Rowan has previously served in the House of Lords and was co-chair of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales.
Ann Pettifor
Ann Pettifor was Campaigns Director with Operation Noah from 2006 to 2009. Ann achieved a high profile for Operation Noah, with a strong focus on advocacy.
Ann is director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) and an advisor to governments and organisations. She is a member of the Green New Deal group, and co-author of a number of the group’s key reports. She is the author of Just Money: how society can break the despotic power of finance (Commonwealth Publishing), and most recently, The Global Casino: How Wall Street gambles with people and the planet (Verso). Ann is a former winner of the Hannah Arendt Prize (2018) and was a leader and co-founder of the international Jubilee 2000 campaign (‘Drop the Debt’) from 1994 until 2001.
