[5] After the death of its principal benefactor, Richard Wainwright, in 2003, the Centre for Reform's future appeared uncertain.

[4][7] Two Directors were recruited: Alasdair Murray from the Centre for European Reform; and Julian Astle MBE who had been working for Paddy Ashdown in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In early 2008 Jennifer Moses left to become a Special Adviser to Gordon Brown in Downing Street.

[8] When the centre was refocused on education policy and renamed as EPI in 2016, David Laws was hired to lead it.

[9] Theodore Agnew, Kevan Collins, and Sally Morgan were brought on to the board, and Natalie Perera was retained as executive director.