Mark Fox
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Mark Fox is a public policy analyst and journalist
.
He is currently Chief Executive of the BSA - The Business Services Association
, London
, UK.
, Witley
, and Susan Fox, née Daniels. He attended Brighton College
. He has strong links to the Isle of Wight
, where he is the fourth generation of his family to have a home. He is also G-D.
He read English
, Theology
& Religious Studies
at St. Mary’s College, University of Surrey
, gaining a B.A.
Fox then undertook an M.Sc. at Birkbeck College
, London University
in British Politics
& Public Administration
, where he studied under Professor Ben Pimlott
.
He is currently studying part-time for a B.Th. at St. Stephen’s House, University of Oxford
.
He has also taken courses at the JFK School of Government
, Harvard University
and St Martin’s College of Art
, University of the Arts London
.
and policy consultant.
He was appointed as Chief Executive of the BSA - The Business Services Association - in September 2007 and took up office in November of that year.
He was a founder Director
of Biteback Media Ltd, owners and publishers of the political magazine Total Politics
.
In 2001 he joined the BVCA - The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association as its Director of Communications and Public Affairs, and from June to November 2007 he was co-responsible for running the organisation following the departure of the Chief Executive.
Fox was a political advisor to the Secretary of State for Health
, then the Rt. Hon.
Virginia Bottomley
MP
(now Rt. Hon. Baroness
Bottomley), 1996–97, and following this as Assistant Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. William Hague
MP as Leader of H.M. Opposition and the Conservative Party
, 1997-1998.
From 1998 he was a political journalist and commentator, doing spells on the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Express as a ‘Lobby’ Correspondent, and was Political Columnist for Forces Weekly.
He worked for Hill and Knowlton, 1993–94, before moving to GJW Government Relations Ltd, 1994-1996.
Fox was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate
for Great Yarmouth
, Norfolk
.
Fox was Research Secretary of the Bow Group
and Member of the Council, 1994-1995.
He has also spent time working for MPs Peter Ainsworth
and Peter Bottomley
, and has conducted a number of campaigns at local and national levels.
in 1996.
He is a Freeman of the City of London.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
.
He is currently Chief Executive of the BSA - The Business Services Association
BSA - The Business Services Association
The BSA – The Business Services Association – is the body that represents UK outsourced service providers as they operate across the private and public sectors....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK.
Early life and education
He is the son of Rodney Fox, formerly Headmaster of King Edward's SchoolKing Edward's School, Witley
King Edward's School, Witley is an independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1553 by King Edward VI and Nicholas Ridley. The School is located in the village of Wormley , Surrey, England, having moved to its present location in 1867. The School became fully co-educational in 1952...
, Witley
Witley
Witley, in Surrey, England is a village south west of Godalming. The village lies just east of the A3 that runs from Guildford to Petersfield. Witley together with the neighbouring area of Hambledon have a population of about 4,000. Neighbouring villages include Milford, Chiddingfold and...
, and Susan Fox, née Daniels. He attended Brighton College
Brighton College
Brighton College is an institution divided between a Senior School known simply as Brighton College, the Prep School and the Pre-Prep School. All of these schools are co-educational independent schools in Brighton, England, sited immediately next to each another. The Senior School caters for...
. He has strong links to the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, where he is the fourth generation of his family to have a home. He is also G-D.
He read English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
& Religious Studies
Religious studies
Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...
at St. Mary’s College, University of Surrey
University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology...
, gaining a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
Fox then undertook an M.Sc. at Birkbeck College
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
, London University
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in British Politics
Politics of the United Kingdom
The politics of the United Kingdom takes place within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the Monarch is the head of state and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government...
& Public Administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
, where he studied under Professor Ben Pimlott
Ben Pimlott
Benjamin John Pimlott, known as Ben Pimlott , was a British historian of the post-war period in Britain...
.
He is currently studying part-time for a B.Th. at St. Stephen’s House, University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
.
He has also taken courses at the JFK School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and St Martin’s College of Art
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...
, University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London
The University of the Arts London, formerly known as the London Institute, is a collegiate university comprising six internationally recognised art, design, fashion and media colleges in London, England...
.
Professional career
He has done spells as a journalist, political advisorPolitical consulting
Political consulting, beyond the self-evident definition of consulting in political matters, refers to a specific management consulting industry which has grown up around advising and assisting political campaigns. This article deals primarily with the development and nature of political consulting...
and policy consultant.
He was appointed as Chief Executive of the BSA - The Business Services Association - in September 2007 and took up office in November of that year.
He was a founder Director
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
of Biteback Media Ltd, owners and publishers of the political magazine Total Politics
Total Politics
Total Politics is a British political magazine described as a "a lifestyle magazine for the political community". It was first published in June 2008 and is distributed freely to all MPs, MEPs, peers, political journalists, members of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies, and all...
.
In 2001 he joined the BVCA - The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association as its Director of Communications and Public Affairs, and from June to November 2007 he was co-responsible for running the organisation following the departure of the Chief Executive.
Fox was a political advisor to the Secretary of State for Health
Secretary of State for Health
Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health.The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848 a General Board of Health was created with the First Commissioner of Woods and...
, then the Rt. Hon.
The Right Honourable
The Right Honourable is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and other Commonwealth Realms, and occasionally elsewhere...
Virginia Bottomley
Virginia Bottomley
Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, PC, DL is a British Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She was raised to the peerage in 2005...
MP
Member of Parliament
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(now Rt. Hon. Baroness
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
Bottomley), 1996–97, and following this as Assistant Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. William Hague
William Hague
William Jefferson Hague is the British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as Leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001...
MP as Leader of H.M. Opposition and the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
, 1997-1998.
From 1998 he was a political journalist and commentator, doing spells on the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Express as a ‘Lobby’ Correspondent, and was Political Columnist for Forces Weekly.
He worked for Hill and Knowlton, 1993–94, before moving to GJW Government Relations Ltd, 1994-1996.
Political career
At the 2005 General ElectionUnited Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....
Fox was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate
Prospective parliamentary candidate
Prospective parliamentary candidate is a term used in British politics to refer to candidates selected by political parties to fight individual constituencies in advance of a general election. This terminology was motivated by the strict limits on the amount of expenses incurred by an actual...
for Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
.
Fox was Research Secretary of the Bow Group
Bow Group
The Bow Group is one of the oldest think tanks in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the Bow area of London where it first met, it was founded in 1951...
and Member of the Council, 1994-1995.
He has also spent time working for MPs Peter Ainsworth
Peter Ainsworth
Peter Michael Ainsworth is a former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament for East Surrey from 1992 to 2010....
and Peter Bottomley
Peter Bottomley
Sir Peter James Bottomley is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Worthing West...
, and has conducted a number of campaigns at local and national levels.
Interests
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of ArtsRoyal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
in 1996.
He is a Freeman of the City of London.