Nerissa Chesterfield | |
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Downing Street Director of Communications | |
Assumed office 1 September 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Amber de Botton |
Downing Street Press Secretary | |
In office October 2022 –1 September 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Alex Wild |
Succeeded by | Lucy Noakes |
Nerissa Chesterfield is a British political aide who has been Downing Street Director of Communications since September 2023. She previously served as Downing Street Press Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from October 2022. [1]
Chesterfield worked for Dominic Cummings at Vote Leave during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. [2] In 2018 she became communications manager at the Institute for Economic Affairs. [3] In 2019 she worked under Liz Truss at the Department for International Trade as a media special adviser. [4] After working for Rishi Sunak as a media adviser,she was appointed Downing Street Press Secretary when he became prime minister in October 2022. [5] [6]
On 1 September 2023,she replaced Amber de Botton as Downing Street Director of Communications. [7]
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