Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life
The Rt Hon Ian Blackford
Biography
Ian Blackford was the Member of Parliament for Ross, Skye and Lochaber from 2015 to 2024, and Westminster Leader of the SNP Parliamentary group from 2017 to 2022.
Prior to entering Parliament, Ian spent nearly two decades in the city as a fund manager and investment banker before establishing an investor relations consultancy business and acting as a non-executive director.
Ian Blackford was appointed to the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 26 June 2023 for a three-year term and was subsequently appointed to the Ethics and Integrity Commission in October 2025.