The Team

  • Ben Freeman, Exec Director

    Ben Freeman

    Executive Director

    Ben graduated from the University of Manchester in 2020 with a BA in History and American Studies. Ben was previously a Campus Coordinator and Campus Director of The Pinsker Centre, and he has been a firm advocate for intellectual tolerance on university campuses— having been elected as a delegate to the National Union of Students, and the World Union of Jewish Students. Ben was cited in Jewish News’s “twenty five under 25” list, where he was described as playing “an instrumental role in standing up to Antisemitism on campus.”

  • Mackenzie France

    Director of Strategy

    Mackenzie graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in History and Politics in 2023. During his undergraduate studies, Mackenzie organised numerous Pinsker Centre events in Cambridge after becoming a Pinsker Centre Policy Fellow in 2022. Mackenzie’s keen interest in foreign affairs is evident through his contributions to publications like The Centre for Commonwealth Affairs and Blue Beyond on topics such as Israel’s security, containing Russia and China, and the direction of UK foreign policy. After completing the Fellowship programme, Mackenzie continued working with the Pinsker Centre and was appointed Directory of Strategy in 2023.

  • Alex Sandler

    Campus Director

    Alex is an undergraduate student at LSE. Alex joined the Pinsker Fellowship programme, before being appointed Campus Director in September 2023. Before joining the Pinsker Centre, Alex spent a year working with NGOs focused on diplomacy and humanitarian support in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

  • Ella Shattock

    Associate Director

    Ella graduated from the University of Cambridge with a First Class degree in English. Her Third Year dissertation on Journalism during the Nuremberg Trials scored an outstanding 80. Ella is also the 2022 recipient of the Betha Wolferstan Rylands Prize, awarded for the best overall academic performance in Part IB of the Cambridge English Tripos. Ella participated in our 2022 Cambridge-Israel trip, and has been involved in the organisation ever since. Ella is now pursuing a MA at the University of Oxford.