Thomas Borwick

The Hon. Thomas James Robert Borwick (born 1987), is a British SEO strategist, CEO and digital influencer. A member of the Conservative Party, Borwick provided tech support for the successful Vote Leave campaign.

Life
The second son of Lord and Lady Borwick, his father (Jamie) sits in the House of Lords and his mother (Victoria), was an MP (2015–17).

Borwick read economics and finance at the University of Richmond, Virginia, graduating BA, BS, before pursuing further studies at London Business School (MBA).

He first joined Killik & Co, before founding his own company, Kanto Systems, in 2012. Borwick worked for Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ, and was Chief Technology Officer for Vote Leave before creating the campaigning group 3rd Party Ltd for influencing the outcome of the 2019 United Kingdom general election. Borwick ran targeted Facebook advertisements calling for the electorate to vote Green, possibly to divide the anti-Conservative vote. However, given that these ads were run both in swing (Plymouth) and non-swing constituencies (Oxford), the campaign may also have been intended for harvesting data on Green Party supporters.

Borwick has also operated numerous other tech companies, including Disruptive Communications Ltd, which he started in partnership with Douglas Carswell, former UKIP MP; and Voter Consultancy Ltd, whose micro-targeting of Facebook Ads allegedly precipitated unforeseen death threats against Remainer MPs and led to a subsequent investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office.

Assaulted by three women at a London KFC outlet in 2015, Borwick was critical of KFC's door security, who could assist only by escorting him and his girlfriend from the premises.