Head of Better Policy Making Team, Policy Profession Unit

Policy Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy

Mark Wilson is Head of the Better Policy Making Team in the government's Policy Profession Unit.

Prior to this, as the lead for the Transforming Policy Making project in the government’s Policy Profession Unit, Mark was tasked with finding ways to improve the government’s policy making capability and helping teams and organisations identify where they can improve. Mark was also responsible for projects to help enable more multi-disciplinary approaches to policy making, including the creation of more multi-disciplinary teams in government, and to increase the use of systems thinking within policy making.

Mark has worked in DHSC and DfE before joining the Policy Profession Unit, covering a diverse range of policies including further education interventions, childhood obesity, EU cross-border healthcare and NHS reform.