Stephen joined YouGov in 2009 and designed, launched and runs YouGov's market intelligence business, YouGov Reports. With nearly 20 years’ experience of senior research and commercial management, he has a long track record of building and analysing large complex data sets and is responsible for all of YouGov’s syndicated deep-dive research and tracking reports.

After starting his career as an economist at Bannock Consulting, Stephen joined Reuters Venture Capital to lead its financial database start-up. After a period at Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group he was Chief Operating Officer at an environmental start-up where he was responsible for rolling out the business across the UK.

Stephen graduated Oxford University and completed post-graduate studies in the economics and technology of e-commerce at the University of London.