Will Lord

Senior Policy Advisor, Levelling Up Task Force at Cabinet Office

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Senior Policy Advisor, Levelling Up Task Force, Cabinet Office
Junior Policy Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy
William Lord is Senior Policy Advisor at the Levelling up Task Force, Cabinet Office.
Previously, he worked as Strategy Lead at UKRI, leading on long-term strategy for the £2.6bn Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Before that, William Lord worked as a Senior Policy Advisor for Business, Ideas and Place (Cities and Local Growth Unit, MHCLG/BEIS) where he led on the co-creation of the “Ideas” (research and innovation) chapters of the West Midlands and Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategies.Additionally, he developed a new approach to place-based research and innovation within the Unit: establishing firm links between Local Industrial Strategies and the government’s strategy for achieving the 2.4% R&D target.

William Lord has a MA in World History from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Thouron Scholar and a MA in Modern History & International Relations from the University of St Andrews.

Cabinet Office

Senior Policy Advisor, Levelling Up Task Force

  • 21 October 2021, 3pm

    CSaP annual meeting & reception 2021

    On 21 October 2021, CSaP hosted its first in-person networking event since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The annual meeting and reception, held at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London, provided an opportunity for 115 public policy professionals, industry leaders, and researchers to meet and share their experiences to improve decision-making.