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10 Facts About Kate Garvey

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Kate Garvey is a co-founder of Project Everyone, a communications and campaigning agency promoting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

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In 1994 during Blair's leadership bid, Kate Garvey suggested that Peter Mandelson, who was at the time being derided by the trade unions and other Labour factions, should adopt a "nom de guerre" to conceal his considerable role within the campaign team.

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From 1997 until 2005, except for campaign seasons, Kate Garvey worked in the Prime Minister's Private Office.

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Kate Garvey was responsible for presentation and planning of domestic and foreign events and visits.

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Kate Garvey ran the diary with a grip of iron and was quite prepared to squeeze the balls very hard indeed of anyone who interfered, but with a winning smile of course.

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Kate Garvey was selected by the World Economic Forum in 2007 as a "Young Global Leader", a designation awarded to persons under 40 who have shown leadership qualities.

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Kate Garvey is mentioned in a 2008 Telegraph profile on Matthew Freud as 'reportedly managing the Freud-Blair relationship'.

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An earlier biography mentioned Kate Garvey as having served the singer Bono.

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Kate Garvey is the co-founder of Project Everyone, a campaign group dedicated to promoting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

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Kate Garvey is married to Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia.