Peter Kellner
YouGov President
& Head of Political
& Social Research

Peter was previously a journalist and political commentator for more than 30 years, for the Sunday Times, Independent, New Statesman, Evening Standard, BBC Newsnight, BBC election programmes and Channel Four News. He has been an adviser on polls and public opinion to the Bank of England, Foreign Office, Corporation of London, National Westminster Bank plc and Trades Union Congress. He has an MA in Economics and Statistics from Cambridge University. He is a member of the British Polling Council's committee on disclosure. He wrote the Journalists' Guide to Opinion Polls for the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and seminars.

Kate Davies
Political Researcher

Kate Davies has been with YouGov since July 2007. In the past she has worked at the Commission for Racial Equality and for an NGO in the Palestinian West Bank. Since joining YouGov, Kate regularly implements high-profile research projects for print and broadcast media clients, including the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Channel 4 News. She has also been responsible for large-scale social studies for think tanks, public sector clients and academic institutions. Most recently, her research has formed the basis of a Channel 4 Dispatches series. Kate read politics at the University of London where she focussed predominantly on comparative social policy as well as the social and political histories of the Middle East and South Asia.