Robert Woodthorpe Browne has a longstanding and notable background in the United Kingdom’s Liberal Democrats, currently serving as chairman of the party’s Federal International Relations Committee. He was elected vice-president at LI’s 60th congress in Mexico City in 2015.

Mr Woodthorpe Browne has been politically active since 1960, when he joined Liberal Party and he has stood in both national and international elections. His engagement in the field of international liberal cooperation has been extensive: as the former Chairman, now Deputy Chairman and Vice-President, of the British Group of Liberal International as well as Council Member of ELDR (now ALDE Party).

Robert Woodthorpe Browne speaks English, French, Spanish and German, was invested with the UK state honour MBE in 2013. He is a council member of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) and is master world trader of The Worshipful Company of World Traders.