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Powell-Chandler worked as a political adviser and head of briefing to the [[Conservative Party]] and special adviser to 10 Downing Street and prime minister [[David Cameron]]. She started working with Greg Clark after the 2015 general election<ref name="LI"> Linkedin [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/meg-powell-chandler/b3/655/7b6 Meg Powell-Chandler], accessed 10 June 2015.</ref> until September/early October 2016. [[File:Meg Chandler CBI ScreenShot 2017-08-23 18.30.png|thumb|right]] | Powell-Chandler worked as a political adviser and head of briefing to the [[Conservative Party]] and special adviser to 10 Downing Street and prime minister [[David Cameron]]. She started working with Greg Clark after the 2015 general election<ref name="LI"> Linkedin [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/meg-powell-chandler/b3/655/7b6 Meg Powell-Chandler], accessed 10 June 2015.</ref> until September/early October 2016. [[File:Meg Chandler CBI ScreenShot 2017-08-23 18.30.png|thumb|right]] | ||
| − | After running unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate in the June 2015 general election Powell-Chandler joined lobbying firm Burson Marsteller that same month according to her LInkedIn profile. Melissa Jones, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/politics/item/5979-time-to-fix-exit-rules-for-special-advisers Time to fix the revolving door rules for special advisers], Spinwatch, 17 October 2017 | + | After running unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate in the June 2015 general election Powell-Chandler joined lobbying firm Burson Marsteller that same month according to her LInkedIn profile. <ref>Melissa Jones, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/politics/item/5979-time-to-fix-exit-rules-for-special-advisers Time to fix the revolving door rules for special advisers], Spinwatch, 17 October 2017 </ref> |
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Meg Powell Chandler is a former Conservative Party special adviser to Greg Clark at the Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for Energy and Business (BEIS). She now works as a lobbyist at the UK arm of giant lobbying firm Burson Marsteller whose clients include petrochemical firm INEOS which is spearheading the push for fracking across the United Kingdom.
Powell Chandler ran, somewhat controversially, as a parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Northfield in the June 2017 general election, but was unsuccessful in beating the Labour Party MP.
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Career
Powell-Chandler worked as a political adviser and head of briefing to the Conservative Party and special adviser to 10 Downing Street and prime minister David Cameron. She started working with Greg Clark after the 2015 general election[1] until September/early October 2016.
After running unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate in the June 2015 general election Powell-Chandler joined lobbying firm Burson Marsteller that same month according to her LInkedIn profile. [2]
Education
- Modern History and Politics, University of Oxford, 2006 – 2009[1]
Resources
- Melissa Jones, Time to fix the revolving door rules for special advisers, Spinwatch, 17 October 2017
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Linkedin Meg Powell-Chandler, accessed 10 June 2015.
- ↑ Melissa Jones, Time to fix the revolving door rules for special advisers, Spinwatch, 17 October 2017
