Our team

 

We facilitate dialogue and connect knowledgeable people from a range of backgrounds to help inform policy debate.

We have an exciting programme of policy research covering a wide range of themes and topics.

From exploring what the barriers are to better uptake of carbon reduction technologies to how care for those with chronic pain can be improved, to how we can design better communities and buildings, we passionately believe our work will help achieve better environments, better lives and more sustainable futures for all of us.

Central Team

Lynva Russell

Chief Executive, Policy Connect

  • Chief Executive since 2006
  • Board member of Urban Mines, an environmental charity dedicated to waste materials
  • 25 years senior level experience in a range of public, private and not-for-profit sector businesses

    info@policyconnect.org.uk
    020 7202 8585

Wilma Jackson

Office Manager

Natasha Adade

Events Manager 
  • Joined Policy Connect in March 2008
  • BA in Contemporary Media Practices at University of Westminster
  • Previous roles at UEFA as Champions league co-ordinator and at BBC
natasha.adade@policyconnect.org.uk
020 7202 8585
 

Peter Barrett

Communications Manager
  • Joined in January 2012
  • Previous roles in Westminster lobbying and business education PR
  • BA in Politics from Durham; MA in Political Campaigning and Reporting from City Journalism School
peter.barrett@policyconnect.org.uk
020 7202 8587
 


Education & Skills

Christopher Hall

Head of Education and Skills

  • Joined in May 2009
  • BA in Politics and MA in Diplomatic History, University of Nottingham
  • Previously worked as a Researcher for two Members of Parliament

    christopher.hall@policyconnect.org.uk
    020 7202 8577

Joel Mullan

Senior Researcher

  • Joined in October 2010
  • Previous role as a policy officer in local government
  • BA in Jurisprudence from Oxford University

    joel.mullan@policyconnect.org.uk
    020 7202 8576


Health

Rachel Downing

Health Manager and Manager, Chronic Pain Policy Coalition

Ella Jackson

Manager, Associate Parliamentary Health Group

  • Joined in May 2011
  • Previous roles at Cancer Research UK and DrugScope
  • MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice, King's College London
ella.jackson@policyconnect.org.uk
0207 202 8581
 
 

Sarah Pocock

Project Coordinator, Associate Parliamentary Health Group


Manufacturing, Design & Innovation

Jocelyn Bailey

Manager, Manufacturing, Design & Innovation

  • Joined full-time in February 2009
  • Previously at Nissen Adams Architects & Blueprint Magazine
  • MA in History of Art, BA in Architecture, Cambridge University

    jocelyn.bailey@policyconnect.org.uk
    020 7202 8588

Thomas Kohut

Project Coordinator, APDIG & APMG

  • Joined in October 2010
  • MA Public Policy from King’s College London, and BA (Hons) English from University of Cambridge
  • Previous roles as Public Affairs Researcher, and in the Arts and Entertainment sector

    thomas.kohut@policyconnect.org.uk
    020 7202 8583


Sustainability

Vihelm Oberg

Head of Sustainability

  • Joined in April 2007
  • MSc Politics, London School of Economics, BA in European Studies, King’s College London
  • Previous research role at Keene Public Affairs
vilhelm.oberg@policyconnect.org.uk
020 7202 8578
 

John Arnold

Manager, All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group
 
  • Joined in October 2010
  • Previous roles at DEFRA and DFID
  • BA in Social Policy and Sociology
john.arnold@policyconnect.org.uk
020 7202 8582

Daniel Walker-Nolan

Manager, Carbon Connect

  • Joined in May 2011
  • Previous roles in policy and communications at the Electrical Safety Council
  • MA in Public Policy, King's College London
daniel.walker-nolan@policyconnect.org.uk
020 7202 8571 
 

Laura Wilton

Manager, Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group

  • Joined in June 2010
  • Previous research roles at Chatham House and Westminster Parliamentary Research
  • MA in International Relations, King’s College London, BA in History, King’s College London
laura.wilton@policyconnect.org.uk
020 7202 8570
 

Katrina Borrow

Researcher and Project Coordinator, Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group

  • Joined in January 2012
  • Previous roles at Sauce Consultancy, as a case-worker for an MP and various communications internships
  • BA in Modern and Medieval Languages from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University
katrina.borrow@policyconnect.org.uk
020 7202 8573

Rachel White

Manager, Westminster Sustainable Business Forum

  • Previous role with the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Masters in Leadership for Sustainable Development with Forum for the Future
  • BA in Geography from Cambridge University
rachel.white@policyconnect.org.uk
0207 202 8584
 

Joel Atherton

Researcher and Project Coordinator, Westminster Sustainable Business Forum

  • Joined in January 2012
  • Previous role working for Sarah Wollaston MP in Parliament
  • BSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia
joel.atherton@policyconnect.org.uk
0207 202 8589