Robert Colvile is Director of the CPS and Editor-in-Chief of CapX, and was one of the co-authors of the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto. He currently writes a weekly column for The Sunday Times and was previously head of comment at the Daily and Sunday Telegraph and news director at BuzzFeed UK, as well as an editor, columnist and leader writer with the Telegraph.
Elliott is Managing Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, where he leads alongside the Director Robert Colvile, focussing on strategy, finance and fundraising, and overseeing HR, operations and recruitment to ensure impact at the highest levels of UK policy and public discourse. He joined the CPS in 2023 having spent six years as Director… View Article
Emma Revell is External Affairs Director at the Centre for Policy Studies. Her role includes steering the CPS’ Thatcher Fellowship Programme, designed to bring mid-career business leaders into the policy world and bridge the gap between private enterprise and politics, organising the annual Margaret Thatcher Conference and leading on the CPS’ extensive presence at Conservative Party conference.
A data specialist with a background in energy and seaborne trade research in the City, his work at the CPS has focused on political economy, immigration policy and the intellectual foundations of free market conservatism – as well as content of the Thatcher Fellowship programme.
Alex Morton is Director of Strategy at the Centre for Policy Studies. Alex was previously Head of Policy at the CPS before moving to the Institute of Economic Affairs as Director of Strategy from 2022-2023. Prior to 2018 he was also a Director at Field Consulting, led on housing and planning in the No 10 Policy Unit under David Cameron, and was Head of Housing at Policy Exchange.
Marc Sidwell is Editor of CapX, prior to which he was Director of Research for the Henry Jackson Society. Marc is an experienced journalist and writer, having previously worked as head of the Telegraph Money desk, spent several years as a senior editor at City A.M, and has appeared on national and international media and written for many publications in the UK and US.
Daniel Herring is Head of Economic & Fiscal policy at the Centre for Policy Studies. He was previously at the Legatum Institute, where he led work on the Institute’s Prosperity Index. He began his career at the New Zealand Treasury. He holds degrees in Law and Arts (majoring in Politics and Economics) from the University… View Article
Ben Hopkinson is the Head of Housing and Infrastructure at the Centre for Policy Studies. He was previously the Head of Research at Britain Remade, a pro-economic growth campaign group, and a Senior Risk Consultant at PwC. He holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in Philosophy,… View Article
Dillon is Head of Energy & Environment at the Centre for Policy Studies. He has written extensively on energy, transport, and Net Zero. He has a background in finance, having worked previously in debt capital markets at Deutsche Bank in London and New York. He holds a masters degree in Public Administration from LSE and… View Article
Tanika Errington is a Researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies. She holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Melbourne and an MA in Journalism from Columbia University in the City of New York. Prior to joining the CPS, Tanika worked as an Associate Private Banker at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Her… View Article
Ayushma Maharjan is a researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Oxford. Ayushma began her career at Samriddhi Foundation, a Nepal-based free market think tank, where she contributed to policy research and advocacy initiatives. Her work primary focused on improving the business and… View Article
Bryony Betts is Operations Manager at the CPS and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the office. She graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in Criminology & Social Policy before working for her local council.
Joseph Dinnage is Deputy Editor of CapX. Prior to joining CapX, Joseph was Press and Digital Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a free market think tank. He has written widely on a variety of issues, contributing to The Spectator, The Critic, City AM, The Daily Express and others. He has also appeared on… View Article
Nicole Noyes is Development Officer at the Centre for Policy Studies. Before joining CPS, she served as a Program Manager at the Aspen Institute, which convenes leaders from around the globe committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Prior to that, she worked at the Ethics & Public Policy Center, as Program Manager… View Article
Melisa Tourt is the Communications and Digital Manager at the Centre for Policy Studies. She previously worked in public affairs focusing on civil liberties campaigns for NGOs. Melisa is the co-founder of Open Justice UK, where she leads on research. Prior to her public affairs work, she served as a researcher for a Member of… View Article
Tim is an accomplished financial services expert with over 15 years at Morgan Stanley, where he held senior roles in Foreign Exchange and Emerging Markets, advising institutions through complex market shifts. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, with early experience at PwC, he now leads a consultancy helping firms… View Article
Maria Higson is a Director of Transformation in the NHS and is keenly interested in the future of health and social care. Her work has spanned a variety of programmes, most notably in the introduction of ‘group’ models into the NHS to achieve the benefits of scale demonstrated by large companies. Maria recently gained a… View Article
Samuel Hughes is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies, having previously been Head of Housing between October 2022 and March 2025. He is an editor at Works in Progress and a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. Previously, he worked with Policy Exchange, Create Streets, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Nick King is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies and sits on the CPS’s Advisory Board. He has a particular interest in SMEs, enterprise and wider business policy. Previously he was Chief of Staff and lead policy adviser to Sajid Javid from 2012-2018.
Resham Kotecha is the Global Head of Policy at the ODI, where she leads public policy work and collaborates with governments to strengthen data ecosystems and policy frameworks. Before this, she was Head of Policy at Wise, a FTSE-listed Unicorn, overseeing policy efforts across EMEA. With over a decade of experience in policy, Resham has… View Article
Tony Lodge is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies. He has written and commented widely on rail policy and is author of several CPS papers. He delivered the Institute of Directors Beesley Lecture on ‘Promoting railway competition’ and has appeared before the Commons Transport Select Committee and the Competition and Markets Authority.
Gerard Lyons is a highly respected economist and Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies.
James Price is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies. He served as a Government Senior Special Adviser across five departments, including as the Chief of Staff to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. James also worked as a SpAd for the Leader and Chief Whip in the House of Lords, the Department for… View Article
