Profile

Jean-André advises on UK policy and politics.

He was the Prime Minister’s Special Adviser in the Downing Street Policy Unit for Rishi Sunak (2022-2024) covering both the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Previous to this, he served as the Prime Minister's Special Adviser for the Department for Work and Pensions for both Boris Johnson (2019-2022) and Theresa May (2018-2019). He was a core member of the Conservative Party manifesto team in both 2019 and 2024 and was involved in numerous budgets and spending reviews.

He worked as a Special Adviser in both the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice and started his career in the Conservative Research Department. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange specialising in welfare policy. He is a Governor of King’s College School, Wimbledon.