WELCOME TO THE HAMILTON SOCIETY
The Hamilton Society is an organisation which provides discourse for London-based, American and British centre-right conservative professionals. We do this through a series of intimate dinners and drinks receptions in exclusive locations with exceptional guest speakers from Washington, London, and beyond, in which we discuss pertinent issues of the day, especially as they pertain to the Anglo-American relationship.
WHO WE ARE
As the preeminent group for American conservatives in London, we attract senior GOP politicians and conservative commentators visiting the UK to speak at our events, as well as British Conservatives. This close interaction gives The Hamilton Society members an opportunity to meet and to exchange ideas on current events with influential figures in Washington and London, while also supporting the work of Republicans Overseas UK.
The inspiration behind our name
Alexander Hamilton played a vital role as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and is the inspiration for The Hamilton Society’s name. He was adamant that a vibrant economy through healthy trade relations with Britain was essential to the national prosperity of the United States.
As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton played a critical role in US economic policy under George Washington, shaping the young nation’s commercial ties. Hamilton was also the founder of the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, the Bank of New York, and the New York Post.
Our Board
Sarah Elliott
Sarah Elliott is Chair and Co-Founder of The Hamilton Society. She most recently served as the Chair of Republicans Overseas UK (2017-2021), and remains an active Republicans Overseas UK Board member and spokesperson. She is often called upon to defend the Republican or the US conservative view in all the major UK media outlets and in live events.
Her background is in GOP politics and fundraising, having worked for Grover Norquist at Americans for Tax Reform, Americans for Prosperity, and a veteran of many Republican political campaigns such as Bush/Cheney ‘04.
She received her B.A. in International Affairs with honours and a concentration in Spanish from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA, USA. She also studied abroad at the University of Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain.
Sarah lives in Southwest London with her husband and their 2 young daughters.
Greg Swenson
Greg Swenson is founding Senior Partner at Brigg Macadam, to which he brings 25 years of capital markets experience on Wall Street. Greg spent over a decade at Lehman Brothers. At HSBC he was Head of North American Middle Market Sales in Global Banking and Markets. Most recently he was President of Agincourt Ltd, a fixed income specialist investment bank based in Bermuda. He holds a BSc in Accounting from Boston College and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. He is a frequent guest commentator on Fox News, Talk TV, GB News, BBC and CNBC.
Laura Roberts
During a distinguished career in public affairs and international communications, Laura has worked in the United States, the United Kingdom, Lebanon, France, Spain and Belgium.
Laura graduated from the School of International Service at American University in Washington DC. She also holds a degree in arts management from State University of New York, and completed an executive programme in bilateral trade at Harvard Business School. She has held many board positions, including on the alumni board of American University in Washington DC, the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain, and Women in Business in Spain.
Jennifer Ewing
Originally from Northern California, Jennifer has lived in West London for over twenty years. She has two decades of experience in global emerging markets and has worked at investment banks ING, Dresdner and Wood & Company. Jennifer now focuses on family office investors and digital assets. She is Head of Strategy for UK think tank Centre Digital Assets and Democracy. In addition to her work in financial services and politics, Jennifer is an avid volunteer and gives her time to Animal Assisted Therapy and Age UK Kensington & Chelsea.
David Hawkins
David is the cofounder of Percheron Advisory, providing family office services, and founder of Cliveden Advisory which provides reputation management for HNW and private clients as well as international governments. He is also CCMO of critical metals business Metalysis and speaks and writes regularly regarding critical materials and rare earths.
Previously, David was family office representative of the Indian industrialist Modi family. He was also advisor and speech-writer to John Studzinski CBE, vice chair, Blackstone, and advisor to Rt Hon Bernard Jenkin MP as shadow secretary of state for defence. He is a former board member of the Benjamin Franklin House museum.
Caroline Oldfield
Caroline Oldfield studied politics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne following which she worked for a Conservative MP. She has previously stood as a council candidate for the Conservative Party. Caroline is an experienced charity fundraiser specialising in Christian philanthropy, having worked in fundraising for a number of Christian charities including the London Diocesan Fund, Lee Abbey London and is currently Key Partnerships Manager at London City Mission.
The Hamilton Society is an organisation within Republicans Overseas UK, a political organisation connecting Republican-voting Americans living in the UK to the GOP and to each other. We provide opportunities for our members to attend informative talks with guest speakers, social events such as our annual 4th of July celebrations, and to Get Out the Vote (GOTV) in support of the Republican Party at election time. We also advocate for change on non-partisan expatriate concerns such as citizen-based taxation and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) as well as other tax regulatory burdens. Republicans Overseas UK does not donate money to political candidates or political parties.