Anthony Staddon
Anthony Staddon is a consultant and an instructor with over 20 years of practical, research, and teaching experience in the field of political science, with an emphasis on parliamentary studies. Familiar with the challenges of parliamentary practice (including small country contexts); good knowledge of British and European Union politics in addition to parliamentary and political development issues worldwide. He has a proven track record of delivering technical assistance and developmental support to legislatures in developed, developing, and vulnerable environments and a speaker at numerous conferences on parliament. Anthony Staddon successfully delivered numerous consulting projects for a number of international organizations including the World Bank, the European Union, the National Democratic Institute, as well as the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Educated at Southampton and Newcastle Universities, Anthony Staddon has worked with a number of legislatures, particularly from across the Commonwealth. He joined the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in December 1999 as an Assistant Director. Between June 2002 and December 2006, Anthony Staddon headed the Secretary-General鈥檚 office working closely with then Secretary-General of the CPA, Hon. Denis Marshall, a former Minister in New Zealand. He is currently a consultant at the CPA where he manages the CPA Benchmark programme as part of the Commonwealth Partnership of Democracy (CP4D). He also shares his extensive knowledge and experience through teaching at 海角社区 in Parliamentary Management and Governance programs.
