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| + | '''Camilla Hilary Cavendish''' served as the head of the Number 10 Policy Unit under former UK prime minister [[David Cameron]]. | ||
| + | She is a former journalist for ''The Times''. <ref> Frances Perraudin, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/21/sunday-times-camilla-cavendish-head-number-10-policy-unit-david-cameron Sunday Times columnist Camilla Cavendish to head No 10 policy unit], ''The Guardian'', 21 May 2015, accessed 6 February. </ref> | ||
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| + | In August 2016, she was awarded a peerage under Cameron's resignation honour's list, amongst 13 other former personal and political aides. <ref> Kate McCann and Christopher Hope, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/04/david-camerons-full-honours-list-revealed/ Former PM David Cameron facing MPs' inquiry after resignation honours list is published that would 'embarrass a medieval court'], ''The Telegraph'', 4 August 2016, accessed 6 February 2017. </ref> Just three months later however, Cavendish stepped down from the [[House of Lords]] as a Conservative peer, in order to take up another job. She continues to sit in the chamber as a non-aligned member. <ref> Daniel Martin, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4035172/David-Cameron-peer-drops-Tory-allegiance-three-months-new-job.html New Cameron peer drops her Tory allegiance just three months after being appointed to the Lords so she can take up a new job], ''Daily Mail'', 15 December 2016, accessed 6 February 2017. </ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:36, 6 February 2017
Camilla Hilary Cavendish served as the head of the Number 10 Policy Unit under former UK prime minister David Cameron. She is a former journalist for The Times. [1]
In August 2016, she was awarded a peerage under Cameron's resignation honour's list, amongst 13 other former personal and political aides. [2] Just three months later however, Cavendish stepped down from the House of Lords as a Conservative peer, in order to take up another job. She continues to sit in the chamber as a non-aligned member. [3]
Career
Before entering journalism, Cavendish was an aid worker, consultant at McKinsey, CEO of the trust that rebuilt London's South Bank[4] and an aide to Dame Majorie Scardino, the former CEO of Pearson Plc.[5]
Cavendish joined The Times in 2002, where she was associate editor, columnist and chief leader writer[4] and in 2013 she joined the Sunday Times.[6]
In May 2015, after the Conservative Party achieved a majority in the general election, it was announced Cavendish would replace Jo Johnson as head of the Number 10 Policy Unit.[7]
Education
Cavendish was a contemporary of Prime Minister David Cameron at the University of Oxford, with them both studying politics, philosophy and economics.[7]
Affiliations
Former
- Trustee, Policy Exchange[8]
Notes
- ↑ Frances Perraudin, Sunday Times columnist Camilla Cavendish to head No 10 policy unit, The Guardian, 21 May 2015, accessed 6 February.
- ↑ Kate McCann and Christopher Hope, Former PM David Cameron facing MPs' inquiry after resignation honours list is published that would 'embarrass a medieval court', The Telegraph, 4 August 2016, accessed 6 February 2017.
- ↑ Daniel Martin, New Cameron peer drops her Tory allegiance just three months after being appointed to the Lords so she can take up a new job, Daily Mail, 15 December 2016, accessed 6 February 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Times Camilla Cavendish, accessed 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Independent Fighting talk from the 'FT', 13 October 2002, accessed 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Lisa O'Carroll Camilla Cavendish moves to Sunday Times Guardian, 28 January 2013, accessed 26 May 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Frances Perraudin Sunday Times columnist Camilla Cavendish to head No 10 policy unit Guardian, 21 May 2015, accessed 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Social Investigations Policy Exchange links to the Conservative party, 1 November 2012, accessed 26 May 2015.