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Kirsty McNeill is a former Downing Street adviser and currently director of Themba HQ. She spent three years at Number 10 leading on a wide range of campaign, communication and outreach activities for Prime Minister Gordon Brown <ref> [http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/news/article/anewdeal/Keynote-speaker-Kirsty-McNeill/ Keynote speaker: Kirsty McNeill] ''NUS Connect'', accessed 20 October 2014 </ref>  
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Kirsty McNeill is a former Downing Street adviser and currently director of [[Themba HQ]]. She spent three years at Number 10 leading oncampaign, communication and outreach activities for Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]]. <ref> [http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/news/article/anewdeal/Keynote-speaker-Kirsty-McNeill/ Keynote speaker: Kirsty McNeill] ''NUS Connect'', accessed 20 October 2014 </ref>  
She is also on the boards of [[Holocaust Educational Trust]] and [[Holocaust Memorial Day Trust]] as well as sitting on the [[Campaign Council of British Influence]], the cross-party campaign to keep Britain in the EU. She is also part of the team behind [[www.ShouldWe.org]], a new start-up providing non-partisan, online, crowd-sourced guides to public policy and evidence. <ref name= "McNeill"> [http://www.thembahq.com/people/kirsty-mcneill-3/ Our People] ''Themba HQ'', accessed 20 October 2014 </ref>
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She is also on the boards of [[Holocaust Educational Trust]] and [[Holocaust Memorial Day Trust]] as well as sitting on the [[Campaign Council of British Influence]], the cross-party campaign to keep Britain in the EU. She is part of the team behind [[www.ShouldWe.org]], a new start-up providing non-partisan, online, crowd-sourced guides to public policy and evidence. <ref name= "McNeill"> [http://www.thembahq.com/people/kirsty-mcneill-3/ Our People] ''Themba HQ'', accessed 20 October 2014 </ref>
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
McNeill was a trusted aide of [[Gordon Brown]], she worked as adviser in charge of external affairs. <ref> [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandoras-people-to-watch-in-2010-1854453.html?action=gallery&ino=13 Pandora's People to Watch in 2010] The Independent, accessed 20 October 2014 </ref> She now worked as a strategy consultant to some of the world's leading campaigning organisations. <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/profile/kirsty-mcneill Kirsty McNeill] ''The Guardian'', accessed 20 October 2014 </ref>
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McNeill was a trusted aide of [[Gordon Brown]]; she worked as adviser in charge of external affairs. <ref> [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandoras-people-to-watch-in-2010-1854453.html?action=gallery&ino=13 Pandora's People to Watch in 2010] ''The Independent'', accessed 20 October 2014 </ref> She now worked as a strategy consultant to some of the world's leading campaigning organisations. <ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/profile/kirsty-mcneill Kirsty McNeill] ''The Guardian'', accessed 20 October 2014 </ref>
  
 
Previously McNeill worked on the board of [[Make Poverty History]] and managed the [[Stop AIDS Campaign]], successfully negotiating a commitment to universal access to AIDS treatment from the 2005 G8. She also worked as a campaigner for [[Shelter]] and in the [[Oxfam]] celebrities unit. <ref name ="McNeill"/>
 
Previously McNeill worked on the board of [[Make Poverty History]] and managed the [[Stop AIDS Campaign]], successfully negotiating a commitment to universal access to AIDS treatment from the 2005 G8. She also worked as a campaigner for [[Shelter]] and in the [[Oxfam]] celebrities unit. <ref name ="McNeill"/>

Revision as of 12:39, 20 October 2014

Kirsty McNeill is a former Downing Street adviser and currently director of Themba HQ. She spent three years at Number 10 leading oncampaign, communication and outreach activities for Prime Minister Gordon Brown. [1] She is also on the boards of Holocaust Educational Trust and Holocaust Memorial Day Trust as well as sitting on the Campaign Council of British Influence, the cross-party campaign to keep Britain in the EU. She is part of the team behind www.ShouldWe.org, a new start-up providing non-partisan, online, crowd-sourced guides to public policy and evidence. [2]

Background

McNeill was a trusted aide of Gordon Brown; she worked as adviser in charge of external affairs. [3] She now worked as a strategy consultant to some of the world's leading campaigning organisations. [4]

Previously McNeill worked on the board of Make Poverty History and managed the Stop AIDS Campaign, successfully negotiating a commitment to universal access to AIDS treatment from the 2005 G8. She also worked as a campaigner for Shelter and in the Oxfam celebrities unit. [2]

Notes

  1. Keynote speaker: Kirsty McNeill NUS Connect, accessed 20 October 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 Our People Themba HQ, accessed 20 October 2014
  3. Pandora's People to Watch in 2010 The Independent, accessed 20 October 2014
  4. Kirsty McNeill The Guardian, accessed 20 October 2014