Welsh broadcaster, writer and communications consultant
Guto Harri
CBE
Downing Street Director of Communications
In office 5 February 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Jack Doyle
Succeeded by
Simon McGee (Director of Government Communications)
Succeeded by
Adam Jones (Political Director of Communications)
Personal details
Born
(1966-07-08) 8 July 1966 (age 57) Cardiff, Wales, UK
Children
3
Education
Queen's College, Oxford (BA) Cardiff University (PGDip)
Guto HarriCBE (Welsh:[ˈɡɪtɔˈhariː]; born 8 July 1966) is a Welsh broadcaster, writer and strategic communications consultant. He most recently served as Downing Street Director of Communications, having been appointed by Boris Johnson in February 2022.
Harri spent 18 years as a journalist at the BBC. From 2008 to 2012 he was director of external affairs for Mayor of London Boris Johnson.[1] He worked at News International from 2012 to 2015, Liberty Global from 2016 to 2017, Hanover Communications from 2018 to 2020,[2] and Hawthorn Advisors from 2020 to 2022.
In May 2021, Harri joined GB News as a presenter; he was suspended and resigned in July 2021 after he took the knee on air. In February 2022, Harri was appointed Downing Street Director of Communications by Prime Minister Johnson, following the resignation of Jack Doyle, and left the post in September 2022.
^"Ex-BBC man is Johnson spokesman". BBC News. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
^"Guto Harri". Hanover Communications. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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