Lucy is Head of News and Media at Demos, where she leads the organisation’s media strategy.

She has over a decade’s experience in press office management, strategic communications, public affairs and reputation management across the public, private and charity sectors.

Before joining Demos, Lucy spent most of her career in the UK Parliament in a number of senior communications roles including Senior Communications Adviser to the Lord Speaker, Head of Press and Media at the House of Lords and a Senior Media and Communications Officer for Select Committees in the House of Commons. In that role she supported major parliamentary inquiries, including the landmark Cambridge Analytica investigation and later the work of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Online Safety Bill.