John Lotherington has been director of the 21st Century Trust since 2000, joining as deputy director in 1992.   He is chair of trustees at Cumberland Lodge and a Fellow of Goodenough College, London.   Between 2010 and 2020, as part of the Trust’s partnership with Salzburg Global, he also initiated and ran Salzburg Global's health and healthcare innovation programs. He began his career in history education and maintains an interest in that area. His publications as editor and author include The Communications Revolution; Years of Renewal: European History 1470 to 1600; The Seven Ages of Life; The Tudor Years; and he has written introductions to The Florentine Histories by Niccolò Machiavelli, The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione, and Inferno by Dante. He leads the annual LSE Ideas/Ratiu Forum Teaching of History Programme in Romania.