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Polly Janet Mackenzie (born 8 December 1980) is a British political and civic society worker and journalist, serving as the director of policy for the Deputy Prime Minister for 2010–2015. Since 2022, she has been the Chief Social Purpose Officer of the University of the Arts London.
Early life
Mackenzie attended Builth Wells High School and then attended New Hall, Cambridge.
Career
After graduating, Mackenzie worked as a business journalist for United Business & Media from 2002 to 2004.
Mackenzie left journalism to become a policy advisor for the Liberal Democrats, first for Ed Davey and then Nick Clegg. Following the general election in 2010 she joined Clegg, the new Deputy Prime Minister, to become a special adviser as his director of policy. She remained in post for the duration of the coalition government, until the general election in 2015.
In 2015, Mackenzie was a founding director of the Women's Equality Party. In 2016, she took on the role of found director of the think tank the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, funded by Martin Lewis. In 2018, she moved to be chief executive of Demos, until 2022.
Since 2022, Mackenzie has served as the Chief Social Purpose Officer of the University of the Arts London.
Mackenzie is one of the stars of the weekly podcast How To Win An Election from The Times, presented by Matt Chorley and alongside Peter Mandelson and Danny Finkelstein.
Personal life
Mackenzie married the journalist and novelist Nick Tyrone in 2010, and has three children.
References
External links
Polly Mackenzie on Twitter
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