Our Team
DIRECTOR
WILL TANNER
Will Tanner advised the Prime Minister Theresa May between 2013 and 2017, as a Special Adviser in the Home Office and as Deputy Head of Policy in 10 Downing Street. He has also previously worked for the leading communications firm, Portland, and for the independent thinktank, Reform.
Email: [email protected]. Follow: @Will_Tanner
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
SIAN HANSEN
Sian Hansen spent a decade leading two of Britain’s largest thinktanks, serving as Managing Director of Policy Exchange for seven years before working as Executive Director of the Legatum Institute between 2013 and 2016. She now has a portfolio career, as a non-executive director, adviser and board member for a number of private and philanthropic organisations.
Email: [email protected]
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
GUY MISCAMPBELL
Guy is a Senior Research Fellow with Onward. He is also a senior consultant at WPI. He has previously worked for the Ontario Public Service, Policy Exchange, the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, and in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Toronto, where he was a Cadario scholar.
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCHER
JAMES BLAGDEN
James Blagden joined Onward in 2018 and now works as a researcher specialising in data analysis and mapping. He has previously studied at the University of Southampton and University of Reading, and holds a Masters degree in Public Policy.
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCHER
TED CHRISTIE-MILLER
Ted Christie-Miller joined Onward in January 2019. Previously, he worked in the Public Policy Unit at Instinctif Partners. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2018 with a Masters degree in History.
Email: [email protected]
Follow: @tedcmiller
HEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
KATIE FAIRCLOUGH
Katie Fairclough previously worked as the assistant social secretary to the UK Ambassador in Washington D.C. She has worked on various political campaigns in the United States and has experience working on Capitol Hill. Katie hold’s a Masters degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Email: [email protected]
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