Charlotte Pickles
director, Reform; former managing editor, UnHerd; member, Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) and the NHS Assembly

Charlotte Pickles took up the role of director of Reform in April 2019, having previously spent three years as Reform’s deputy director. During her hiatus from Reform, she was first capitalism editor and columnist, and then managing editor, of the media start up UnHerd.

Charlotte has worked in a variety of roles across the public, private and third sectors looking at how to reform public services in order to deliver better outcomes and better value for money. She started her public policy career at the Centre for Social Justice before joining government as expert advisor to then secretary of state for work and pensions Iain Duncan Smith. After leaving government, she spent time advising a major police force, and then working as a management consultant in the public sector practice of a global consultancy firm.

Charlotte is a member of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) and the NHS Assembly.

Follow Charlotte on Twitter @ce_pickles

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