RSA Chief Executive to step down

MATTHEW TAYLOR is stepping down as Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), after 15 years at the helm. He is leaving the organisation next year to focus on other projects, including his writing and broadcasting career, but he will retain his connection with the RSA through a new advisory role after this time.

Prior to becoming Chief Executive of the RSA in 2006 Taylor was Chief Adviser on Political Strategy to Prime Minister Tony Blair and was Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research between 1999 and 2003.