Elena's out

Elena Narozanski, 36, is the latest to leave the Policy Unit at No 10. At Cambridge University she was entertainments officer at the Union, and heavily involved in women's football. Her political career proper started in the Conservative Research Department, working under David Willetts on Universities and Skills, and then on Children and Schools under Michael Gove in the run up to the 2010 General Election. She helped launch Gove's education reforms working as a speechwriter in the Coalition, copied into emails from Dominic Cummings as Elena Narozanski-Efthimiopoulou. Then she advised Theresa May in her role as Women and Equalities Minister and at the Home Office, In 2012 she was appointed via an agency to head up New Schools for London at the Greater London Authority, when Boris Johnson was still Mayor, advised by Munira Mirza. 

In 2015 she captained the Islington Boxing Club girls team, competing international level in the elite class B Under-69kg category; she also represented Belgrave Ladies in shot and discus. In 2018, she got to the final of the English Women’s National Championships 1st place, 75kg category, losing out to Kerry Davis. 

In the Vote Leave team under Dominic Cummings, she was in charge of 'Cabinet Liaison'. After that, a spell as a lobbyist for Public First before joining Number Ten. 

In March last year, she became a director of The Football Foundation. In May she was a guest of the Premier League at the Brit Awards, and a guest of Chelsea FC; in June she had tickets from the FA and the Lawn Tennis Association. In late September, Elena scored 6 runs in a cricket match at Goodwood, giving a team of political PRs, Lords, MPs and advisors victory over a Lobby XI.