British-American Project

The British-American Project

A leadership network

Celebrating and encouraging the transatlantic relationship

The British-American Project is a transatlantic fellowship of over 1,400 leaders, rising stars and opinion formers from a broad spectrum of occupations, backgrounds and political views. It is an extraordinarily diverse network of high-achievers on rising career paths in public, professional and business life.

Where else would you have the chance to meet an astronaut, a Hollywood film director, a Vatican priest and a US Senator in one room? Which other organisation could take you behind the scenes at a US maximum security prison or on a private tour of the Tower of London?

Fondly known as BAP, the British-American Project for the Successor Generation, was created in 1985 to build on the special relationship which emerged during World War II between our two countries. From small beginnings, our Fellowship has grown to over 1,400 members, and gives talented professionals opportunities to test their limits, learn from the perspectives and experiences of others, and challenge (or be challenged) on their own assumptions about the world.

BAP operates on a not-for-profit basis, funded through its membership and a small amount of support from corporate partners. We also receive support in kind from a number of organisations who share our values and objectives.

I continue to be amazed by the vast variety of professions and types of personalities that mix so well at BAP - leading to some unique debates and perspectives, and despite their busy lives and individual successes there is always a willingness to help each other or provide the link to someone who can.

Richard Hoare

Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers,
BAP 2007

The camaraderie of BAP is singular- Diplomats, comics, and otherwise upstanding citizens debating, jesting, plotting and singing altogether too loudly.

Christopher Eide

Founder and Executive Director, Teachers United,
BAP 2010

My experience of BAP is that it combines great people, great conversation, great ideas, and late-night songs at the piano with a glass of wine too many. A winning combination.

Sarah Churchwell

Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at UEA, and a journalist and broadcaster.,
BAP 2007

I have attended every BAP conference since my Delegate year, 1994, and never cease to marvel at the intellectual challenge, the professional contacts the wide range of personal friendships and the sheer buzz it has brought me.

Martin Vander Weyer

Business Editor and Columnist for The Spectator,
BAP 1994

The British American Project has allowed me to expand my network in to elements of society which would otherwise been either very difficult or impossible.

Miles Watkins

Director of Sustainable Construction at Aggregate Industries,
BAP 2005

For money, there is work. For love, there is marriage. For everything else...there is BAP.

Alan Mendoza

Executive Director, The Henry Jackson Society,
BAP 2007