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Sebastian Payne
Director
Sebastian Payne is the Director of Onward.
Adam Hawksbee
Deputy Director
Adam Hawksbee is the Deputy Director of Onward.
James Blagden
Head of Politics & Polling
James Blagden leads Onward’s Future Politics research programme and is also Chief Data Analyst, working across our research.
Matt Burnett
Head of Science and Technology
Matt leads our programme on making the UK a science superpower.
Maria Priestley
Senior Researcher
Maria Priestley is a Senior Research working on our Science Superpower research programme.
Alex Luke
Senior Researcher
Alex Luke is a Senior Researcher at Onward, focusing on the Getting to Zero programme.
Jenevieve Treadwell
Researcher
Jenevieve is a Researcher at Onward, working primarily on our Social Fabric and Future Politics programmes.
Anna Dickinson
Senior Researcher
Anna is a Senior Researcher in the Science Superpower team.
Bel Guillaume
Events and Research Associate
Bel works across our research and events, and led the planning of our major conference, Restitch.
Shivani H Menon
Researcher
Shivani H Menon is a Researcher at Onward on the Levelling Up programme.
Ellie Varley
Head of Communications
Ellie is Head of Communications.
Angus Lloyd-Skinner
Deputy Head of Events and Development
Angus is Deputy Head of Events and Development, focusing on expanding Onward’s corporate sponsorship programme and Business Leaders Network.
Ted Christie-Miller
Policy Fellow
Ted is a Policy Fellow focusing on our Net Zero research. He was previously a Senior Researcher at Onward.
Tim Pitt
Policy Fellow
Tim Pitt is a Policy Fellow focusing on Economic policy.
Toby Lloyd
Policy Fellow
Toby Lloyd is a Policy Fellow working on Social Fabric policy.
Phoebe Bunt
Researcher
Phoebe is a Researcher on the Social Fabric programme.
François Valentin
Senior Researcher
Francois is a Senior Researcher on the Social Fabric and Future Politics programmes.
David Comerford
Head of Events and Development
Vinay Raniga
Policy Fellow
Yasmin Jansepar
Intern
Yasmin is an Intern at Onward.
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