Lord Agnew

Biography

Lord Theodore Agnew was Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and Her Majesty’s Treasury from 14 February 2020 to 24 January 2022.

He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System from 28 September 2017 to 14 February 2020. He also served as a lead non-executive board member at the Ministry of Justice, and a non-executive board member at the Department for Education where he was chair of the department’s Academies Board from 2013 to 2015.

Outside of the department, Lord Agnew founded Somerton Capital LLP in 2007 and co-founded the WNS Group (a US listed company) in 1990.

Previous roles in government

• Minister of State (Minister for Efficiency and Transformation)
  • 2020 to 2021
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System)
  • 2017 to 2020
• Lead non-executive board member
  • 2015 to 2017
• Non-executive
  • 2015 to 2015
• Non-executive board member
  • 2010 to 2015

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