Dame Julie Mellor, Chair of Trustees, was appointed Chair of Demos in September 2018.

She is also Chair of the Skills Federation: the voice of employers on skills (aka FISSS). She was until last year Chair of the Young Foundation, putting people at the heart of social change, and a Trustee of Involve, the public participation charity.

Following a career in business with Shell, TSB and British Gas, she became Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission from 1999-2005 and then a partner at PwC. From 2012-2017 Julie was Chair of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. She has served as a non-executive board member at a number of organisations including: Nesta, the national innovation body; the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Business Disability Forum.