Peter Kellner is Chairman of NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Service). He was Chairman of the pioneering on-line survey research company, YouGov, from 2001-07 and President from 2007-16. Kellner has been Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute, London, and served as... Read more
Peter Kellner is Chairman of NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Service). He was Chairman of the pioneering on-line survey research company, YouGov, from 2001-07 and President from 2007-16.
Kellner has been Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute, London, and served as a member of committees set up by the Economic and Social Research Council to commission research into elections and social exclusion. He received a Special Recognition Award from the Political Studies Association in 2011.
Before joining YouGov, he acted as a consultant on public opinion research to a number of organisations, including the Bank of England, Corporation of London, Foreign Office, National Westminster Bank and Trades Union Congress.
Kellner has written for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Observer, Evening Standard, New Statesman and Prospect. He has also written, or contributed to, a variety of books and leaflets about politics, elections and public affairs. He was awarded Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards in 1978.
Kellner is currently a trustee of ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) and UpRising, and a member of the Council of NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Social Research). He is a non-executive director of the Medical Discoveries Catapult (a not-for profit company) and the Dolma Impact Fund (investing in infrastructure development in Nepal).