Meet the team

Alice leads on setting and implementing the strategic vision of the Office to deliver real impact on children’s lives, and oversees policy development and implementation. Alice has a wealth of experience gained at the heart of Government. Former associate Editor for the Times, columnist for the New Statesman and barrister, Alice was senior policy advisor to the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Children and Families from 2012-15, focusing on child protection and social work reform. She also acted as senior policy advisor to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

Haroon leads the office’s work on evidence, measurement, and analysis. He first joined as Head of Analysis, and led the quantitative analysis of data to produce new evidence on the numbers, outcomes and experiences of vulnerable children. Prior to this, he was Senior Economist at the Early Intervention Foundation where we worked on standards of evidence for early intervention, the economic case for early intervention and the fiscal costs of late intervention. He started his career at the Institute for Fiscal Studies where he analysed the effects of education and skills policies.