Amy Gray joined Policy Exchange as Director of Communications in January 2017. After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, she joined the Teach First programme as an English teacher at The Skinners’ Company’s School for Girls, a comprehensive school in Hackney. She was the Conservative Party’s spokesman on defence and community cohesion in the run up to the 2010 general election. She then joined Tesco’s government relations team and led their work on public health and employment policy before joining  VisitBritain and VisitEngland as Head of Tourism Affairs, appearing on national and international media to celebrate British tourism. She was the Conservative Party candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in the 2015 and 2017 general elections.