Polly Payne
InvestorDirector General, Department for Culture, Media and Sport at Department for Culture Media Sport
United Kingdom
About
Polly Payne is Director General at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on a job share basis, overseeing media, advertising, publishing, arts, creative industries, artificial intelligence, heritage, museums, cultural diplomacy, tourism and civil society. She previously served as Director General for Rail Group at the Department for Transport and held roles in higher education policy and economic strategy at HM Treasury and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. Payne has worked internationally for the Asian Development Bank and the Overseas Development Institute.
Colleagues at Department for Culture Media Sport
Andrew Pattinson
Investor at Department for Culture Media Sport
Claudia Arney
Investor at Department for Culture Media Sport
Emma Ward
Investor at Department for Culture Media Sport
Ruth Hannant
Investor at Department for Culture Media Sport
Susannah Storey
Permanent Secretary at Department for Culture Media Sport
Tom Crick
Professor, MBE at Department for Culture Media Sport
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