Pamela Dow

Biography

In a career spanning the private, public and social sectors, Pamela has influenced major public service reform, notably in education and criminal justice. Pamela’s government experience spans strategy, policy, communication and delivery roles in the Department for Education, Ministry of Justice, HMP Wandsworth, and Tech City UK (Tech Nation). She began her career as a consultant and lobbyist in the private sector.

Pamela is a founding adviser to Code4000, the first ever coding workshop in the UK prison system, and founder of a local speaker series, the DeBeauvoir Balloon Debates.

Her previous posts include:

  • Director of Strategy at the Ministry of Justice
  • Principal Private Secretary, Department for Education.
  • Deputy Principal Private Secretary, Department for Education
  • Communications Adviser, Department for Education
  • Account Director, Edelman

Previous roles in government

  • Executive Director of the Government Skills and Curriculum Unit
  • Director of Government Skills
  • Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education