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WILLIAM DAM  0777 582 8260 DOB: 17/10/1983 Nat: British [email protected] PROFILE Political monitoring consultant with over two and half years experience in public affairs, specialising in financial services and competition policy for HSBC. Adept at gathering intelligence and networking with civil servants and political advisors and maintaining those relationships. Analytical, objective and adaptable with good interpersonal skills gained through working in public affairs, teaching and studies. Experienced in managing stakeholders in a professional manner and working in a team based environment. Excellent understanding of the workings of Parliament and the devolved assemblies. Well versed in political research, including policy briefings and political biographies. Extensively travelled (including alone), multilingual and involved in team sports.

EDUCATION University of Exeter (2003 – 2006) University College School, London (1995 – 2002):

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2:1 BA Honours Degree in Politics 4 A-Levels (2002): Spanish (A) Politics (B) History (C) Economics (C)

Languages: English (fluent) – Spanish (fluent) – Italian (conversational) – Portuguese (basic) Computer Skills: MS Word – Excel – PowerPoint – (both Windows Vista, XP and Office 2000 packages) Further training courses: Westminster, Whitehall & Government departments; An overview of the Parliamentary process; Scrutiny of the Executive: Committees, Questions and Debates

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY NSPCC PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVISER: August 2009 - Present Manage the relationship between parliamentarians, advisers, civil servants and the NSPCC. Communicate to senior management the potential threats to our position and policy. Primary responsibilities include: • Monitor policy developments within Westminster and Europe • Maintain relationships with external and internal audiences, briefing the CEO and other senior figures within the organisation on urgent developments • Organisation of NSPCC Party Conference fringe events • Meet regularly with MPs and officials to gather intelligence and brief on our position • Create the political dissemination plans for our major research and policy briefings DODS PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNCATIONS

MONITORING CONSULTANT: January 2008 – August 2009 Client facing, focusing on financial services sector and retail policy. I monitored the workings of Parliament and the devolved administrations and handled the accounts of twenty-seven clients including two of Britain’s largest banks. Primary responsibilities included:  Gathering intelligence for clients to provide early warning of specific regulatory news, policy announcements, forthcoming debates in Parliament and Parliamentary committee hearings  Monitoring of Parliament and the devolved assemblies. In addition to government departments, key stakeholders, pressure groups and party conference fringe events  Managing the workflow of interns  Produce briefings for clients on legislation and regulatory issues  Create monthly and weekly reviews and forecasts of the financial services sector  Liaise with political parties, media and other stakeholders  Carry out detailed client specific research, including policy briefings and legislative and events calendars  Support the events team and Party conference and major events  Regularly attend Treasury briefings and held meetings with House of Commons Treasury Committee officials. LANSONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH INTERN: November 2007 – January 2008  Monitored news and parliament relevant to clients  Compiled weekly parliamentary reports specific to clients  Forecasted the public affairs events within financial services for the year ahead and related it to individual client needs  Provided detailed biographies of relevant MPs  Administrative support to the team. BELL POTTINGER PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH INTERN: August 2007 – September 2007  Assisted policy teams in research, writing daily notes and sourcing/monitoring information which was relevant to clients  Arranged meetings between clients and politicians.  Assisted in the researching, prediction and evaluation of the effects of public policy  Assisted in the development of clients’ party conference schedules. ST. AUGUSTINE’s PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANT: October 2006 – July 2007 Taught and supported a child with behavioural problems and learning difficulties.

 Taught a maths and literacy set, organising and planning each lesson 

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Worked with speech and language therapist and class teacher in analysing the child’s character and combating motivational issues the child possessed Developed a suitable study and discipline programme which the child responded to, this was quite rewarding Coached the school cricket and football teams

INTERESTS/ ACTIVITIES Travel: I have travelled extensively planning and funding my own trips. This has included crossing the whole of the Amazon River from Peru to Brazil alone, learning Italian in Florence for 3 months, being part of an expedition to Mt. Cotapaxi in Ecuador and completing the Inca Trail in Peru.

Sports: Have always been a keen sportsman and currently play cricket, football, squash, surf and rock-climb. I represented my school at rugby 1st XV level and toured with them to Australia. I also played for Finchley R.F.C. (1997 – 2000) on weekends and for Exeter Saracens RFC (2004 – 2006) while at university. Volunteer: Working with children from the Somali community, helping them with homework and revision in the lead up to their examination period.

REFEREES

BRADLEY ROGERS BEN ABBOTS Head of Online Services, ePolitix & Affairs Head of Public Dods Monitoring Lansons Public Affairs Westminster Tower 24a St.John Street, 3rd Floor London 3 Albert EmbankmentEC1M 4AY London [email protected] SE1 7SP +44 (0)20 7294 3668 [email protected] +44 (0)207 091 7581