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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 | + | [[Kirsty McNeill]] is a former Downing Street adviser and currently director of [[Themba HQ]], a consulting firm. She spent three years at Number 10 leading on 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> |
| − | 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 | + | She is also on the boards of the [[Holocaust Educational Trust]] and the [[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]] | + | McNeill was a trusted aide of [[Gordon Brown]]; she worked as his 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"/> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:38, 29 October 2014
Kirsty McNeill is a former Downing Street adviser and currently director of Themba HQ, a consulting firm. She spent three years at Number 10 leading on campaign, communication and outreach activities for Prime Minister Gordon Brown. [1] She is also on the boards of the Holocaust Educational Trust and the 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 his 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
- ↑ Keynote speaker: Kirsty McNeill NUS Connect, accessed 20 October 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Our People Themba HQ, accessed 20 October 2014
- ↑ Pandora's People to Watch in 2010 The Independent, accessed 20 October 2014
- ↑ Kirsty McNeill The Guardian, accessed 20 October 2014
