OUR MISSION
We set a new standard for how public affairs decisions are made
Our mission is to make trusted intelligence accessible to the people who shape our communities, businesses, and public policy.
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OUR BELIEF
Our world should be shaped by people’s voices
PollStream was founded on the belief that public sentiment shouldn’t take weeks to surface.
Our founders grew frustrated as they watched crucial decisions made without any true sense of public opinion. We built PollStream to change this.
The Challenge
A better future starts with informed decisions
Professionals in boardrooms, newsrooms, and campaign HQs are under pressure to move faster.
News breaks in minutes. But public affairs organisations still rely on slow, fragmented research to understand what’s happening.
PollStream offers instant, trusted public intelligence when your decisions can’t wait.
A Vision for Public Affairs
PollStream is the intelligence layer for modern public affairs
We’re building the intelligence layer that enables governments, organisations, and public affairs professionals to understand public opinion with unprecedented speed, depth, and confidence.
Speed
Public opinion understood in real time
A future where governments and organisations track public opinion continuously, enabling faster, more informed decisions.
Precision
Every perspective heard and represented
A world where every public affairs policy and decision reflects the diversity, nuance, and complexity of the communities it affects.
Confidence
Decisions based on trusted evidence
Societies where trusted intelligence underpins better decisions, building confidence in the institutions that shape our communities.
Meet the Team
Built by experts in public affairs, research and technology
Dr. Mike Turner
Co-Founder & CEO
Mike is a political scientist, polling expert and Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society who has advised governments, global organisations and major campaigns.
He leads PollStream’s mission to make trusted public intelligence faster and more accessible.
Zishan Sajan
Co-Founder & CTO
Zishan is an enterprise software architect and former CTO of BMG Research, where he built the platform behind one of the UK’s leading research organisations.
He transforms PollStream’s complex public affairs data into fast, accessible intelligence.
Gerard Paynter
CCO
Gerard is a government relations strategist who has advised multinational companies and local governments to influence policy and engage stakeholders.
He ensures PollStream delivers intelligence that supports better public affairs decisions.
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