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http://www.li.com/about/press-releases/legatum-institute-appoints-matthew-elliott-as-a-senior-fellow
The Legatum Institute is delighted to welcome Matthew Elliott to its Senior Team. Matthew will be a Senior Fellow, and is focusing on two strands of work: The progress and possibilities of a UK-US trade deal and exploring and researching the rise of Populism abroad, with special focus on the US and those countries facing significant elections this year and next (France, Netherlands and Germany.) The work he will do, with the background he brings could not be more timely or relevant.
Matthew is strengthening a growing team of thought leadership at the Legatum Institute. He brings to it a reputation of being, as one Newspaper put it, “one of the most formidable political strategists in Westminster”. Matthew has earned such recognition by leading successful official campaigns in two of the three modern Referendums held in this country.
As the Chief Executive of VoteLeave, the official Brexit campaign in the 2016 EU referendum, Matthew has sealed his position as one of the UK's foremost political campaigners, a success built on the solid foundation of leading the NOtoAV campaign in the 2011 referendum on the Alternative Vote.
He has founded and run groups as diverse as the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) and Business for Britain (BfB) where he published ‘Change, or Go: How Britain would gain influence and prosper outside an unreformed EU’.
Baroness Stroud CEO of the Legatum Institute says: “We are building a team at Legatum whose work will ensure that we are equipped to tackle the major challenges and take hold of the major opportunities of our generation. Matthew’s proven campaigning skills, strength of thought leadership and ability to deliver transformational results make him key to that vision. We could not be more delighted that he has chosen to come and join the Legatum team.” |