Nerissa Chesterfield
{{short description|British public relations officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nerissa Chesterfield
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| office = Downing Street Director of Communications
| termstart = 1 September 2023
| termend = 5 July 2024
| primeminister = Rishi Sunak
| predecessor = Amber de Botton
| successor = Matthew Doyle
| office2 = Downing Street Press Secretary
| termstart2 = October 2022
| termend2 = 1 September 2023
| primeminister2 = Rishi Sunak
| predecessor2 = Alex Wild
| successor2 = Lucy Noakes
}}
Nerissa Chesterfield {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} is a British political aide who served as Downing Street Director of Communications from September 2023 to July 2024. She previously served as Downing Street Press Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from October 2022.{{Cite news |date=2023-06-11 |title=Rishi Sunak's top team: aides set for No 10 |language=en |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/the-team-players-among-rishi-sunaks-loyal-band-7sv858thc |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0140-0460}}
Career
Chesterfield worked for Dominic Cummings at Vote Leave during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.{{Cite web |last=Crouch |first=Giulia |date=2022-07-21 |title=The spads, super-strategists and secret weapons behind the Tory race |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/conservative-leadership-race-campaign-teams-social-media-comms-special-advisors-lizz-truss-rishi-sunak-b1013495.html |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} In 2018 she became communications manager at the Institute for Economic Affairs.{{Cite web |title=IEA announces staff changes |url=https://iea.org.uk/media/iea-announces-staff-changes-2/ |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Institute of Economic Affairs |language=en-GB}} In 2019 she worked under Liz Truss at the Department for International Trade as a media special adviser.{{Cite news |last=Mason |first=Rowena |date=2019-08-05 |title=Boris Johnson ushers in radical new era of special advisers |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/05/boris-johnson-ushers-in-radical-new-era-of-special-advisers |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0261-3077}} After working for Rishi Sunak as a media adviser, she was appointed Downing Street Press Secretary when he became prime minister in October 2022.{{Cite news |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |last2=Mason |first2=Rowena |last3=Walker |first3=Peter |last4=Allegretti |first4=Aubrey |date=2022-10-24 |title=Huge margin of support gives Rishi Sunak a free hand in choosing cabinet |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/24/huge-margin-of-support-gives-rishi-sunak-a-free-hand-in-choosing-cabinet |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=Nerissa Chesterfield |url=https://macemagazine.com/spads/nerissa-chesterfield/ |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Mace Magazine |language=en-GB}}
On 1 September 2023, she replaced Amber de Botton as Downing Street Director of Communications.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-01 |title=Sunak's communications chief leaves No 10 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-66686099 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/n/na-ne/nerissa-chesterfield/ Nerissa Chesterfield] at The Daily Telegraph
{{Downing Street Director of Communications}}
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{{British special advisers}}
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