David Baker

David has extensive experience working with support services for disadvantaged people and families. This was initially in the voluntary sector where he worked in a hostel for people with drug and alcohol problems, and then with vulnerable social housing tenants and homeless families in Hackney, East London. From 2004 – 2011 he held several strategic and senior management roles at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the Supporting People programme, homelessness and health and social care. His work included developing strategies for the transformation of adult social care, tackling homelessness and rough sleeping, and reshaping the provision of supported housing services. He also led the design and creation of a number of new services for vulnerable people and families. David began his career in policy and research working for three Members of Parliament, on two research projects, for a think tank and a public affairs consultancy. He has an MSc in European Politics and Policy from the London School of Economics.