Karim Palant

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Karim Palant is the UK public policy manager at Facebook and has been in this position since December 2015.

Revolving door

Before joining the Facebook team, Mr Palant occupied various positions for the Labour Party between 2006 and 2015:

• Head of policy, Shadow Chancellor's Office (2011-2015)
• Political adviser, Shadow Home Secretary/Shadow Secretary of State for Education (2010-2011)
• Education policy officer (2009-2010)
• Local government officer (2007-2008)
• Political assistant, Southwark Council (2006-2007)

Education

• Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford