Christopher Lockwood
Christopher Lockwood was appointed as deputy head of the Policy Unit to UK Prime Minister David Cameron in 2013. He was appointed this role, to focus on the competitiveness agenda including technology, universities and skills, innovation, small business policy, trade policy, energy policy and boosting STEM. Lockwood was previously the US editor of The Economist, he first joined The Economist in 1984. [1]
Lockwood is described as
- "one of the brightest and most insightful people in journalism"
Background
Between 2006 and 2013 Christopher was the US Editor of The Economist; responsible for the magazine’s US coverage. From 2000 to 2006 he was the Asia Editor for The Economist, performing the same role for China, India, Japan and the other 30 countries of the Asia-Pacific region. [2]
Previous to that he had a range of roles at the Daily Telegraph, including South-East Asia Correspondent, EU Correspondent and Diplomatic Editor. [2]
Notes and References
- ↑ James Forsyth, Chris Lockwood to join new Number 10 policy unit, The Spectator, accessed 17 September 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christopher Lockwood University of Cambridge, accessed 8 October 2014
