History
It was set up in 2002 by Founder Director, Nicholas Boles, then-Chairman Michael Gove and Francis Maude MP. Maude names his being one of the co-founders as his proudest political achievement. Michael Gove went on to become Secretary of State for Education. Charles Moore, former editor of the Spectator and the Daily Telegraph took over as Chairman. In May 2007, Nicholas Boles was replaced by former Times correspondent Anthony Browne. Browne was in turn succeeded in August 2008 by Neil O'Brien. O'Brien stepped down in January 2013 to serve at the Treasury as George Osborne's special adviser, being replaced after a short period by long-standing head of Policy Exchange's security unit Dean Godson.
According to Gove, "Policy Exchange were a tiny band of guerrillas, partisans in the hillside fighting a lonely campaign, but now, that tiny guerrilla band has turned into the most formidable regular army on the thinktank battlefield."
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