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I work as the Director of Policy at Universities UK,.
After an initial career in publishing and media, I joined the civil service through the Civil Service Fast Stream and went on to have roles in Private Office, business finance (helping establish the British Business Bank), Industrial Strategy and as Senior Policy Adviser to Nick Clegg (when he was the Deputy Prime Minister during the Coalition Government). Subsequently, while at DfE, I led on Widening Participation policy in higher education, and International Higher Education (being responsible for the International Education Strategy; International Students; and Erasmus and Turing amongst other responsibilities).
Most recently, I developed the Government’s Innovation Strategy while at BEIS and helped establish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) as the Transition Director following the recent Machinery of Government change. I joined Universities UK, as Director of Policy, on secondment from DSIT in June 2023.