{"id":37,"date":"2026-04-25T12:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediterraneanforum.org.uk\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:26:56","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medforumsd.org.uk\/index.php\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"37\" class=\"elementor elementor-37\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b111067 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b111067\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3bfcdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a3bfcdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;1,400&family=Outfit:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&display=swap');\n#mfm-tm { all: initial; 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