Luke Gardiner

Career path.

1. Palantir Technologies

   Strategist

   Feb 2026 - Present
2. The Conservative Party

   Director, Conservative Movement

   Apr 2025 - Jan 2026
3. The Conservative Party

   Head of Strategic Initiatives to the Leader of the Opposition

   Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
4. Renewal 2030

   Director of Special Projects

   Jul 2024 - Nov 2024
5. 10 Downing Street

   Special Adviser, No 10 Policy Unit

   Apr 2023 - May 2024
6. West Midlands Combined Authority

   Head of Delivery and Policy to the Mayor of the West Midlands

   Aug 2020 - Apr 2023
7. Fingleton Associates

   Principal

   Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
8. McKinsey & Company

   Senior Associate

   Oct 2015 - May 2018
9. Barnardo's

   Internal Communications Officer (Strategy and Media Lead)

   Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
10. The University of Chicago

    Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Sep 2013 - Aug 2014
11. Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business

    Visiting Research Fellow

    Jan 2013 - Apr 2013