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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> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 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]
Career
Before entering journalism, Cavendish was an aid worker, consultant at McKinsey, CEO of the trust that rebuilt London's South Bank[2] and an aide to Dame Majorie Scardino, the former CEO of Pearson Plc.[3]
Cavendish joined The Times in 2002, where she was associate editor, columnist and chief leader writer[2] and in 2013 she joined the Sunday Times.[4]
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.[5]
Education
Cavendish was a contemporary of Prime Minister David Cameron at the University of Oxford, with them both studying politics, philosophy and economics.[5]
Affiliations
Former
- Trustee, Policy Exchange[6]
Notes
- ↑ Frances Perraudin, Sunday Times columnist Camilla Cavendish to head No 10 policy unit, The Guardian, 21 May 2015, accessed 6 February.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.