WILLIAM DAM

 0777 582 8260

DOB: 17/10/1983 Nat: British
willdam83@gmail.com

PROFILE
Political monitoring consultant with over two and half years experience in public
affairs, specialising in financial services and competition policy for HSBC. Adept at
gathering intelligence and networking with civil servants and political advisors and
maintaining those relationships. Analytical, objective and adaptable with good
interpersonal skills gained through working in public affairs, teaching and studies.
Experienced in managing stakeholders in a professional manner and working in a
team based environment. Excellent understanding of the workings of Parliament and
the devolved assemblies. Well versed in political research, including policy briefings
and political biographies. Extensively travelled (including alone), multilingual and
involved in team sports.

EDUCATION
University of Exeter (2003 – 2006) 2:1 BA Honours Degree in Politics

University College School,

London (1995 – 2002): 4 A-Levels (2002): Spanish (A)
Politics (B)
History (C)
Economics (C)

• Languages: English (fluent) – Spanish (fluent) – Italian (conversational) –

Portuguese (basic)
• Computer Skills: MS Word – Excel – PowerPoint – (both Windows Vista, XP
and Office 2000 packages)
• Further training courses: Westminster, Whitehall & Government
departments; An overview of the Parliamentary process; Scrutiny of the
Executive: Committees, Questions and Debates

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

NSPCC
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVISER: August 2009 - Present
Manage the relationship between parliamentarians, advisers, civil servants and the
NSPCC. Communicate to senior management the potential threats to our position and
policy.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Monitor policy developments within Westminster and Europe
• Maintain relationships with external and internal audiences, briefing the CEO
and other senior figures within the organisation on urgent developments
• Organisation of NSPCC Party Conference fringe events
• Meet regularly with MPs and officials to gather intelligence and brief on our
position
• Create the political dissemination plans for our major research and policy
briefings

DODS PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNCATIONS

MONITORING CONSULTANT: January 2008 – August 2009
Client facing, focusing on financial services sector and retail policy. I monitored the
workings of Parliament and the devolved administrations and handled the accounts
of twenty-seven clients including two of Britain’s largest banks.

Primary responsibilities included:

 Gathering intelligence for clients to provide early warning of specific regulatory
news, policy announcements, forthcoming debates in Parliament and
Parliamentary committee hearings
 Monitoring of Parliament and the devolved assemblies. In addition to government
departments, key stakeholders, pressure groups and party conference fringe
events
 Managing the workflow of interns
 Produce briefings for clients on legislation and regulatory issues
 Create monthly and weekly reviews and forecasts of the financial services sector
 Liaise with political parties, media and other stakeholders
 Carry out detailed client specific research, including policy briefings and
legislative and events calendars
 Support the events team and Party conference and major events
 Regularly attend Treasury briefings and held meetings with House of Commons
Treasury Committee officials.

LANSONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS

RESEARCH INTERN: November 2007 – January 2008
 Monitored news and parliament relevant to clients
 Compiled weekly parliamentary reports specific to clients
 Forecasted the public affairs events within financial services for the year
ahead and related it to individual client needs
 Provided detailed biographies of relevant MPs
 Administrative support to the team.

BELL POTTINGER PUBLIC AFFAIRS

RESEARCH INTERN: August 2007 – September 2007
 Assisted policy teams in research, writing daily notes and sourcing/monitoring
information which was relevant to clients
 Arranged meetings between clients and politicians.
 Assisted in the researching, prediction and evaluation of the effects of public
policy
 Assisted in the development of clients’ party conference schedules.
ST. AUGUSTINE’s PRIMARY SCHOOL
TEACHING ASSISTANT: October 2006 – July 2007
Taught and supported a child with behavioural problems and learning difficulties.

 Taught a maths and literacy set, organising and planning each lesson
 Worked with speech and language therapist and class teacher in analysing the
child’s character and combating motivational issues the child possessed
 Developed a suitable study and discipline programme which the child responded
to, this was quite rewarding
 Coached the school cricket and football teams

INTERESTS/ ACTIVITIES
Travel: I have travelled extensively planning and funding my own trips. This has
included crossing the whole of the Amazon River from Peru to Brazil alone, learning
Italian in Florence for 3 months, being part of an expedition to Mt. Cotapaxi in
Ecuador and completing the Inca Trail in Peru.
Sports: Have always been a keen sportsman and currently play cricket, football,
squash, surf and rock-climb. I represented my school at rugby 1st XV level and toured
with them to Australia. I also played for Finchley R.F.C. (1997 – 2000) on weekends
and for Exeter Saracens RFC (2004 – 2006) while at university.

Volunteer: Working with children from the Somali community, helping them with
homework and revision in the lead up to their examination period.

REFEREES

BRADLEY ROGERS BEN ABBOTS

Head of Online Services,
HeadePolitix & Affairs
of Public
Dods Monitoring Lansons Public Affairs
Westminster Tower 24a St.John Street,
3rd Floor London
3 Albert EmbankmentEC1M 4AY
London bena@lansons.com
SE1 7SP +44 (0)20 7294 3668
Bradley.rogers@dods.co.uk
+44 (0)207 091 7581