Matthew Taylor (political strategist)
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Matthew Taylor | |
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,_2018.jpg) Taylor in 2018 | |
| Born | 5 December 1960 London, England |
| Known for | Chief Executive, RSA |
| Parent(s) | Laurie Taylor Jennie Howells |
Matthew Taylor
Background
Taylor is the only son of the sociologist and broadcaster Laurie Taylor and the historian Jennie Howells. He was educated at Emanuel School, the University of Southampton and University of Warwick. He has three children.
Career
Taylor became a
Between 1998 and 2003, Taylor was the Director of the left of centre think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research, and in 2003 the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed him head of the Number 10 Policy Unit, giving him the task of drawing up the Labour Party's manifesto for the May 2005 general election. Following the re-election of the Labour government he became Chief Adviser on Strategy to the Prime Minister. Taylor was involved in several initiatives to engage the public with the political process, and played a role in developing the Labour Party's "Big Conversation" discussion forums.
He left in 2006 to become Chief Executive of the charity the Royal Society of Arts.
Taylor has been awarded honorary degrees from the universities of Brighton, Northampton and Warwick, and is a visiting professor at Nottingham Trent University. He has sat on a number of Governmental committees and inquiries on topics including higher education in Wales, the role of elected councillors, innovation in children's services and spinning out public services as social enterprises.
He is a regular panellist on
As well as his annual RSA Chief Executive lecture, he is a regular public speaker on topics including public service reform, social trends and education policy. He has chaired lectures and conferences for many organisations including the RSA,
In December 2020, he announced that he would be standing down from the RSA in 2021, subsequently being appointed as Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation.[3]
Honours
In 2016, Taylor was elected a
References
- ^ Matthew Taylor. newstatesman.com
- ^ "Matthew Taylor appointed as new chief executive of the NHS Confederation | NHS Confederation". www.nhsconfed.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "NHS Confed hires former Blair adviser as new CEO". Health Service Journal. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Eighty-four leading social scientists conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences". Academy of Social Sciences. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B10.
External links
- Matthew Taylor's blog
- Column archives at Journalisted
- Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (The RSA)
- Matthew Taylor at IMDb
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