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*[[Stephen Lotinga]] - Director of communications: was appointed in 2014. Lotinga was a senior adviser to the [[Liberal Democrats]] on public services and health before he worked at lobbying firm [[Bell Pottinger]] as an account director following the 2010 General Election. In January 2014 he became managing director of public affairs at another lobbying firm, [[Edelman]].  
 
*[[Stephen Lotinga]] - Director of communications: was appointed in 2014. Lotinga was a senior adviser to the [[Liberal Democrats]] on public services and health before he worked at lobbying firm [[Bell Pottinger]] as an account director following the 2010 General Election. In January 2014 he became managing director of public affairs at another lobbying firm, [[Edelman]].  
 
   
 
   
*[[Zena Elmahrouki]] - Chief speech writer  
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*[[Zena Elmahrouki]] - Chief speech writer
*[[James Holt]] - Head of government communications  
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*[[James McGrory]] - Head of political communications  
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*[[James Holt]] - Head of government communications: Holt was appointed deputy director of communications following his return to the [[Liberal Democrats]] in 2014.
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*[[James McGrory]] - Head of political communications: In August 2010, McGrory was moved from the position of justice and home affairs adviser in Downing Street to replace [[Lena Pietsch]] as spokesperson for the Deputy Prime Minister.
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*[[Owain Myrddin Edwards]] - Special adviser (media)
 
*[[Owain Myrddin Edwards]] - Special adviser (media)
 
*[[John Foster]] - Director of policy innovation and implementation  
 
*[[John Foster]] - Director of policy innovation and implementation  

Revision as of 15:40, 13 October 2014

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List of Special Advisers 2014

Downing Street 2014

Number 10 Policy Unit

  • Ed Llewellyn - Chief of staff: he was appointed in 2005 following David Cameron's victory in the Conservative leadership election. Llewellyn was hired to be Cameron's personal Chief of Staff in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition. Llewellyn continued in this role until 2010. When Cameron became Prime Minister he appointed Llewellyn to the post of the Downing Street Chief of Staff.
  • Craig Oliver - Director of communications: Oliver was appointed this role in 2011 to replace Andy Coulson as top media adviser. Previous jobs include working at the BBC where he was controller of English at BBC Global News as well as working at Channel 5 as their programme editor. [1]
  • Graeme Wilson - Political press secretary: Wilson was appointed in August 2013. He previously worked as deputy political editor of The Sun. [2]
  • Alan Sendorek - Head of press: was appointed in January 2011. Previously he worked at Tory HQ as head of media. Previous roles also include senior press officer to shadow education secretary Michael Gove (MP) and press officer to the shadow education team and therefore shadow home secretary to David Davis (MP).
  • Ameet Gill - Head of strategic communications: Gill started woking for Cameron in 2006. Prior to joining Cameron's team, he was a researcher for the historian Niall Ferguson, assisting him with some of his documentaries. [3]
  • Liz Sugg - Head of events and visits: was appointed in 2010. Sugg also worked in managing media for the Conservative European MPs, as well as at Sky News She later worked for Kenneth Clarke.
  • Gabby Bertin - Director of external relations: She worked as a press aide for Conservative Party leader David Cameron and was appointed as director of external relations in August 2013.
  • Jo Johnson - Head of policy unit: Johnson has been head of the Downing Street Policy Unit since April 2013. He was also appointed Minister of State in July 2014 and has been the Member of Parliament for Orpington since the general election in May 2010. [4]
  • Max Chambers - Policy unit: joined Cameron's team in July 2014. Previously, Chambers worked for Policy Exchange as Senior Research Fellow. He has also worked in Parliament for the Shadow Justice and Home Affairs teams.
  • Daniel Korski - Technology: appointed in June 2013. Korski is a former strategic adviser and spokesman for Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union. He has also worked for Andrew Mitchell, the former Conservative Chief Whip.
  • Nick Seddon - Health: appointed health advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron in May 2013. Previously Seddon was deputy director of Reform, and he was also head of communications for Circle, the first private healthcare company to run an NHS hospital, Hinchingbrooke.
  • Tara Singh - Energy and Environment: appointed in May 2013. Singh joined the Number 10 Policy Unit having previously worked for four years from 2009 as a public affairs manager for British Gas owner Centrica plc on British Gas and Centrica Energy issues.
  • Andrew Dunlop - Scotland: appointed as David Cameron's adviser on Scotland in 2012. Mr Dunlop is also a Conservative councillor in West Sussex. Dunlop was also a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher.
  • Laura Trott - Education: appointed in February 2012. She has previously held the role of Chief of Staff to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Francis Maude.
  • Emily Ackroyd: appointed as senior policy adviser for Welfare, Employment and Pensions in February 2014. She is a civil servant who previously worked in the Department for Work and Pensions and as Deputy Director for Social Justice.

Deputy Prime Minister's Office

  • James Sorene - Head of communications and spokesman: Since January 2011. Prior to this, he was deputy director of communications and head of news at the Department of Health.
  • Ryan Coetzee - Director of strategy: joined in 2012. Coetzee was the Democratic Alliance’s chief strategist in 1999 in South Africa, he was also special adviser to Helen Zille, the party’s leader, in 2009.
  • Stephen Lotinga - Director of communications: was appointed in 2014. Lotinga was a senior adviser to the Liberal Democrats on public services and health before he worked at lobbying firm Bell Pottinger as an account director following the 2010 General Election. In January 2014 he became managing director of public affairs at another lobbying firm, Edelman.
  • James Holt - Head of government communications: Holt was appointed deputy director of communications following his return to the Liberal Democrats in 2014.
  • James McGrory - Head of political communications: In August 2010, McGrory was moved from the position of justice and home affairs adviser in Downing Street to replace Lena Pietsch as spokesperson for the Deputy Prime Minister.

HM Treasury

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Communities and Local Government

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Department for Transport

Northern Ireland Office

Home Office

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Leader of the House of Commons

Leader of the House of Lords

Scotland Office

Department for Work and Pensions

Department of Health

Cabinet Office

Department for International Development

Ministry of Justice

Department for Education

Notes

  1. Craig Oliver’s first appearance on camera STV, 2 February 2011, accessed 9 October 2014
  2. James Forsyth, Graeme Wilson of The Sun to be new Downing Street press secretary", The Spectator, 27.08.2013, accessed 17 September 2014.
  3. Tim Walker David Cameron's voice, Ameet Gill, finally speaks The Telegraph, 24 November 2010, accessed 9 October 2014
  4. Jo Johnson GOV.UK, accessed 13 October 2014

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