Head of Policy, People and Planet, The Royal Society

Policy Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy

Luke is Head of Policy - People and Planet at the Royal Society where he runs a broad policy team leading on topics ranging from human health, to nature, biodiversity and wider environment issues. Previously Luke was Deputy Director, Futures and Foresight in the Home Office where he worked to promote and embed Futures thinking within the department, and prior to that he was Senior Private Secretary to the Government Chief Scientific Adviser for many years including through the pandemic. Luke has held policy, technical delivery and insight roles in six government departments from a decade of working in the civil service, and has wider experience in equity investments and the pharmaceutical industry. He has an MSci in chemistry and PhD in laser spectroscopy, both from Imperial College London.