Geoff became Director of the Young Foundation’s precursors (ICS and MAC) in the autumn of 2004 and oversaw the Foundation’s launch in 2005.
Between 1997 and 2004 Geoff had various roles in the UK government including Director of the Government’s Strategy Unit and Head of Policy in the Prime Minister’s office. Before that he was the founder and director of the think-tank Demos, He has also been Chief Adviser to Gordon Brown MP; a lecturer in telecommunications; an investment executive; and a reporter on BBC TV and radio.
He is a visiting professor at LSE, UCL and Melbourne University, a board member of the Work Foundation, the Health Innovation Council and the Design Council, and chair of Involve. He is chairing a Carnegie Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland. He is also a part-time adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Australia.
His most recent book is ‘The Art of Public Strategy: mobilising power and knowledge for the common good' (Oxford University Press, 2009). Other books include Good and Bad Power: the ideals and betrayals of government (Penguin, 2006) and Connexity (Vintage and Harvard Business Press, 1998).
