Ministerial role
Minister of State (Minister for Investment)
Current role holder:
Baroness Gustafsson of Chesterton CBE
Responsibilities
- Investment strategy – responsible for applying an investor lens to government policymaking and ensuring that investment-related decisions support the growth mission and the government strategies that underpin it
- Investor relations
- Investment events (including investment summits)
- Office for Investment
- Inward and foreign direct investment
Current role holder
Baroness Gustafsson of Chesterton CBE
Baroness Gustafsson of Chesterton CBE was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Investment) jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury on 10 October 2024.
Prior to entering government, Baroness Gustafsson was part of the team who founded Darktrace in 2013 and brought its AI-powered cybersecurity solutions to market. Under her leadership, Darktrace experienced significant growth and global expansion leading to the company being listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2021, before being sold for over £4 billion.
Baroness Gustafsson is a chartered accountant and was honoured with a CBE for services to cybersecurity in 2025. Baroness Gustafsson studied maths at the University of Sheffield and is married with 2 children.