Previously Joe was employed as Deputy Director, Science, Research and Innovation in the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), but until last Summer was the Deputy Director in the BEIS / MHCLG Cities and Local Growth Unit with day to day responsibility for Local Industrial Strategies and local Brexit preparations.

Joe has also worked in the Cabinet Office. Before joining Government, Joe worked in a number of policy roles for think tanks and the third sector, most recently at the New Local Government Network.