Nerissa Chesterfield

Nerissa Chesterfield is a British political aide who served as Downing Street Director of Communications from September 2023 to July 2024. She previously served as Downing Street Press Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from October 2022.^[1]

Nerissa Chesterfield
Downing Street Director of Communications
In office 1 September 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Amber de Botton
Succeeded by	Matthew Doyle
Downing Street Press Secretary
In office October 2022 – 1 September 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Alex Wild
Succeeded by	Lucy Noakes

Career

Chesterfield worked for Dominic Cummings at Vote Leave during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.^[2] In 2018 she became communications manager at the Institute for Economic Affairs.^[3] In 2019 she worked under Liz Truss at the Department for International Trade as a media special adviser.^[4] After working for Rishi Sunak as a media adviser, she was appointed Downing Street Press Secretary when he became prime minister in October 2022.^[5][6]

On 1 September 2023, she replaced Amber de Botton as Downing Street Director of Communications.^[7]

References

1. "Rishi Sunak's top team: aides set for No 10". The Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2023. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
2. Crouch, Giulia (21 July 2022). "The spads, super-strategists and secret weapons behind the Tory race". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
3. "IEA announces staff changes". Institute of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
4. Mason, Rowena (5 August 2019). "Boris Johnson ushers in radical new era of special advisers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
5. Elgot, Jessica; Mason, Rowena; Walker, Peter; Allegretti, Aubrey (24 October 2022). "Huge margin of support gives Rishi Sunak a free hand in choosing cabinet". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
6. "Nerissa Chesterfield". Mace Magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
7. "Sunak's communications chief leaves No 10". BBC News. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

External links

• Nerissa Chesterfield at The Daily Telegraph