Chris Yiu
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Chris Yiu is an associate at PR firm Westminster Policy Institute.
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Career
Yiu has held many roles many roles in government. In 2000, whilst still at university, he had an internship at the Office of the e-Envoy; in 2002 he was a policy analyst to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit; in 2004 he was an economic adviser in HM Treasury; and after a short time away he returned in 2010 as a senior adviser to HM Treasury.
In 2008 Yiu had a break from whitehall and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.
In 2011 he was appointed a director of digital government at think tank Policy Exchange.
In 2013 he was appointed a director of digital participation at Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and in 2014 founded UNGOV, a website which aims to come up with ideas to freshen up government.[1]
In March 2015 he was announced as an associate at Westminster Policy Institute.[2][3]
Education
- Dulwich College, 1991 – 1998
- BA, University of Cambridge, 1998-2001
- MPhil, University of Cambridge, 2001 – 2002[1]
