Philip Ozouf is a Jersey politician representing the Parish of St Saviour in the States Assembly.
[8] Senator Ozouf serves as Vice Chairman of the Alliance Française Jersey branch.
[9] From the October 2014 election Senator Ozouf acted as Assistant Chief Minister with responsibility for Financial Services, Digital, Competition and Innovation matters, assuming full responsibility for Jersey's Innovation Fund at the beginning of 2016.
On 20 January 2017 the Chief Minister confirmed that he had received and accepted Senator Ozouf's formal resignation from the post following publication of a report from the Auditor General criticising the way in which the Jersey Innovation Fund had lost a substantial part of the public funds entrusted to it.
[15] This role had a wide remit, taking responsibility for subjects as varied as transport links, the Competition Law, the Rural Strategy.
[17] Ozouf was a strong supporter of the Goods and Sales Tax (GST), introduced on 6 May 2008 and initially levied at 3%.
[27] According to Ozouf the Lime Grove House building would have been unsuitable, and as an alternative, part of the adjacent Green Street public car park could be used as a site for a new police headquarters.