Lee Campbell

Product Manager and Next Gen Board member at the Financial Times with a background in computer science and an MPA in Innovation, Public Policy and Public value from UCL. I combine design thinking, technical expertise, and data-driven approaches to solve complex product and systems challenges.

[Editor’s Note: New year, new project! Instead of letting this stealthily slip onto my 2026 to-do list, I’ve launched this site with the basics. I’ll keep adding to it—including jazzing up the posts. I used to just link to things on a previous site, but it turns out the internet isn’t exactly a reliable archive.]

Snapshot

2022 to Today

Product at FT. Recently appointed to the FT Next Gen Board.

2021 to 2022

Completed an MPA at UCL focusing on mission-oriented innovation and systems thinking.

2020 to 2021

Web team at Web Summit.

2019 to 2020

Chaired the Central Societies Committee, a University Board body at Trinity College Dublin.

2017 to 2020

Interned at Microsoft and worked with Web Summit.

2016 to 2020

B.A. in Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin.

Things I’m vibing

I recently listened to Kyle Chayka on the Ezra Klein podcast. His thoughts on curation and the value of personal recommendations really resonated with me. Inspired by this, here are a few things I'm enjoying right now — no algorithms, just vibes: Oliver Burkeman; Say Nothing; Search Engine; The Ezra Klein Show; The Vergecast; Severance; Caroline Polachek; and Charli XCX.

Threads of work

[These posts are a work in progress]