Lord Ross Kempsell served as a Senior Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in the No10 Policy Unit. Specialising in public sector reform, he delivered cross-government projects to improve the use of evidence and data in policymaking. He created the Evaluation Task Force, a unit in His Majesty’s Treasury and Cabinet Office to improve the use of objective measures of impact in the design of government policy. He contributed to a number of Policy Exchange reports and cross-party programmes on the topic of Whitehall reform, and has regularly appeared on PX panels.   He also worked as Political Director of the Conservative Party and Director of the Conservative Research Department under two Prime Ministers. Based in CCHQ, he led the Party’s media and research teams, advising Cabinet ministers, and directing campaigning in elections across the country.   He previously worked as a journalist and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a double first class degree. He was elevated to the House of Lords in July 2023.