Trust conferences are directed by one or two Senior Fellows, people of international repute in the area under consideration. Each writes an introductory article specifically for the conference, is present throughout the entire week, takes full part in the discussions and social activities, and gets to know all participants personally.
Previous Trust Senior Fellows include:
| Lord Adonis | Under Secretary of State, UK Department of Education and Skills |
| Neal Ascherson | Journalist and Author |
| Prof Kevin Boyle | Director of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, UK |
| Dr Vincent Cable | Member of Parliament (LiberalDemocrats) United Kingdom |
| Prof Christopher Coker | London School of Economics |
| Robert Cooper | Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Council of the European Union |
| Dr Lynn Davis | Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation, US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs 1993-1997 |
| Lord Alfred Dubbs | House of Lords |
| Prof Ronald Dworkin | Professor of Law, New York University |
| Dr Shereen El Feki | American University, Cairo |
| Prof Abdelwahab El-Messiri | Ain Shams University, Cairo |
| Robin Gorna | HIV/AIDS Team Leader, DFID |
| Sir Marrack Goulding | Former Warden of St. Antony's College, Oxford, former UN Under-Secretary-General responsible for Peace-keeping (1986-1993) and Political Affairs (1993-1997) |
| Prof Fred Halliday | International Relations at LSE, London |
| Michael Ignatieff | Leader of the Opposition, Canada, former Carr Professor of Human Rights Practice, Harvard University |
| Dr Martin Jacques | Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics Asia Research Centre |
| Dr Josef Joffe | Co-Publisher, Die Zeit |
| Dr Vina Mazumdar | Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi |
| Doris Meissner | Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute, Washington DC |
| Dominique Moïsi | Deputy Director, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris |
| Prof Konrad von Moltke | d. 2005 |
| Edward Mortimer | Director of Programs, Salzburg Global Seminar |
| Lord Claus Moser | Chairman Emeritus, British Museum Development Trust |
| Ambassador Olara Otunnu | President of LBL Foundation for Children |
| Sir Geoffrey Owen | Director of Business Policy Programme, London School of Economics |
| Jason Pontin | Editor, MIT Technology Review |
| Dr Fred Sai | Former President of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Ghana |
| Prof Edward Said | d. 2003 |
| Richard Sandbrook | d. 2005 |
| Professor Dr Michael Stürmer | Chief Correspondent, Die Welt |
| Prof Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Keio University, Former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan |
| Lord William Wallace | Lord William Wallace |
| Dr Michael C Williams | UK Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Middle East |
| Prof Heinz Wolff | Brunel University |
| Dr Jan- Krysztof Bielecki | Former Prime Minister of Poland |
| Lakhdar Brahimi | Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Former Foreign Minister of Algeria |
| Dr Algirdas Brazauskas | Former President of Lithuania |
| Cheryl Carolus | Former Secretary-General of the African National Congress; former South African High Commissioner to London |
| Field Marshal Lord Carver | Former UK Chief of Defence Staff |
| Richard Coles | Chaplain to the Royal Academy of Music, former member of Bronski Beat and The Comunards |
| Dr Alan Colman | One of leaders of "Dolly" sheep cloning experiment |
| President Suleyman Demirel | Former President of Turkey |
| Nik Gowing | International TV news presenter and consultant on the media in conflict situations |
| Nahas Angula | Prime Minister of Namibia |
| Bantu Holomisa | Co-founder of the United Democratic Movement, South Africa |
| Johan Holst | Foreign Minister of Norway at time of Israeli-Palestinian Oslo Accords |
| Sir Michael Howard | Former Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford University |
| Will Hutton | Chief Executive of the Work Foundation, Former Editor of The Observer, author of The State We're In |
| Jan Lodal | Former United States Deputy Under Secretary of Defense |
| Mark Moody-Stuart | Former Chairman and Chief Executive, Shell International |
| Geoff Mulgan | Director, Young Foundation, previously Director of Policy Unit, strategy unit of the British Prime Minister |
| Nicholas Negroponte | Computer visonary on leave from MIT, Founder and Chairman of One Laptop per Child |
| The Rt Hon Lord David Owen | Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kindom |
| Derek Parfit | Philosopher, All Souls College, Oxford |
| Lord David Puttnam | Film Producer, Chairman, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts |
| Prof. Adam Roberts | Montagu Burton Professor of International Relations Oxford University |
| The Rt Hon Lord George Robertson | Former Secretary-General of NATO |
| Mary Robinson | Ethical Globalization Initiative, New York; former President of Ireland, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| Augustine Ruzindana | Former Inspector-General of the Ugandan Government |
| Prof. Amartya Sen | Nobel Prize winner for work in welfare economics |
| Leila Seth | First woman Chief Justice of an Indian state |
| John Simpson | BBC Journalist |
| General Sir Rupert Smith | Former Deputy SACEUR, former Commander of UNPROFOR in Bosnia |
| Edson Spencer | Former President of Honeywell and Chairman of the Ford Foundation |
| Prof Norman Stone | Professor of International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
| Harris Wofford | First director of the Peace Corps, former United States Senator, and former President of Bryn Mawr College. |