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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has acquired two new non-execs to keep an eye on him at the DCMS. 

Priya Lakhani, 39 (Altrincham Grammar, BA Economics & Law, Queen Mary College London, Media Law at New York University and M.LL University College London, Broadcasting Law) developed entrepreneurial skills at school,  buying Chomp Bars wholesale and selling them on for 3p profit each. The Government allows its contractors supplying Covid tests to make a similar mark-up. 

Her first profession was as a barrister, specialising in newspaper libel; she left in 2008 to set up Masala Masala, a fresh cooking sauce company. In she launched Century Tech, a company that aims to combine big data analytics and cognitive neuroscience to help teachers provide personalised learning. Eton is using their stuff. Husband Raul Bakrania is CFO/COO. (In January Priya was alongside a number of Tory MPs in signing a letter to The Times saying the UK's education system was not fit for the 21st Century.)

She was a business adviser to the coalition Government, and was awared the OBE in 2014. In January this year she was alongside a number of Tory MPs in signing a letter to The Times saying the UK's education system was not fit for the 21st Century.  She's been a paper reviewer for the Vanessa Feltz Breakfast Show on Radio London.

Here's the education pitch: