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Diana Mary “Dido” Harding, Baroness Harding is the chairwoman of NHS Improvement and former chief executive of the TalkTalk Group. On graduation she joined the management consultancy McKinsey & Company. In February 2017,…
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Baroness Fairhead CBE was the Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion at the Department for International Trade (DIT) from October 2017 to May 2019. As a former Business Ambassador for UK Trade and Investment (UKTI)…
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Baroness Finn, of Swansea, became a Conservative peer in 2015, and has served as a special adviser in the Cabinet Office, the Foreign Office and Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, and to the Prime Minister in 10 …
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Baroness Floella Benjamin, OBE DL was born in Trinidad in 1949 and came to England as a 10 year old child in 1960 as a Windrush child. She left school at 16 with the aim of becoming Britain’s first ever black woman bank mana…
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Baroness Garden was appointed as a Government Whip and Baroness in Waiting in November 2014. She is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Education She was educated at Westonbirt School and St Hilda’s College, Oxf…
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Baroness Goldie was a Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence between July 2019 and November 2023. She was a Baroness in Waiting and Government Whip in the House of Lords for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Dep…
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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 Gust…
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Baroness Hanham, CBE, is a Conservative member of the House of Lords, becoming a Life Peer in 1999. From 2010 to 2013, she was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government, and…
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Baroness Harriet Harman was appointed as the UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls on 8 March 2025 . Harriet was a Member of Parliament for Peckham for over 40 years (1982 to 2024). During this time, Harriet held several seni…
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Baroness Hayman of Ullock was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 9 July 2024, with responsibility for biosecurity and animal welfare. She was previou…
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Baroness Helena Morrissey was Lead Non-Executive Director at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from July 2020. She transferred to Lead Non-Executive Director of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in Septe…
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Baroness Hilary Armstrong has been appointed as the government’s first Chair of its new Digital Inclusion Action Committee. The Digital Inclusion Action Committee is an external advisory body that will work closely with DSIT…
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Baroness Jolly was appointed as the Lords Whip at the Department of Health; the Ministry of Defence; and at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (except on broadcasting) in October 2013. At the same time she was also …
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade, and Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) …
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Kate Rock was a non-executive board member at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from May to September 2024. Kate is a Director of Wrackleford Farms Ltd, a tenant farming enterprise, and a Trustee and Dir…
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Baroness Kramer was appointed Minister of State for Transport in October 2013. She is a Liberal Democrat Peer. Education Baroness Kramer was educated at St Paul’s Girls’ School and St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Political caree…
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Laura Wyld’s career has spanned business, public life and the voluntary sector. Her private sector work has included advising some of the UK’s most high-profile business leaders on communications, strategy and diversity and …
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Baroness Manzoor CBE was a Baroness in Waiting (government whip (unpaid)) from March 2018 to May 2019.
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Baroness Merron was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 9 July 2024.
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Baroness Mobarik served as a Baroness in Waiting from 17 July 2016 until 6 April 2017. She is a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
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Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG was Minister of State between 20 September 2022 and 5 July 2024. Lucy joined the House of Lords as a Conservative Peer in October 2013 and served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at th…
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Baroness Northover was appointed to the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development on 4 November 2014. She was previously Lead Government Spokesperson in the House of Lords…
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Joanna (JoJo) Penn Baroness Penn was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 14 November 2023. She was appointed a Minister on leave (Parliamentary Unde…
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Biography Baroness Philippa Stroud is a British think tanker and the co-founder of Forum. She is a Member of the House of Lords, CEO of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship and Chair of the Social Metrics Commission. Pri…
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Baroness Randerson became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales in September 2012. She is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Education Baroness Randerson studied at Bedford College, University …
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Ruby McGregor-Smith was a non-executive board member of the Department for Education between December 2015 and January 2022. Ruby was formerly the Chief Executive of the Mitie Group, a strategic outsourcing company, and was …
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 20 September 2022 and 5 July 2024. She was also Lords spokesperson for the Equality…
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Baroness Sherlock OBE was appointed as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions on 17 December 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions from 9 …
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Baroness Joanna Shields was the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Internet Safety between September 2017 and February 2018. Baroness Shields was Minister for Internet Safety and Security from May 2015 to June 2017. …
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Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, is Chair of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Prudential plc and co-chair of the World Bank Private Sector Investment Lab. Baroness Vadera has also been appointed as the co-chair of the Creative …
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Catherine Smith KC was appointed as Advocate General for Scotland in August 2024. She was appointed to the House of Lords in October 2024. Catherine was called to the Bar in 2007 and took silk in 2021. She acted as a part-ti…
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Baroness Sugg CBE was the Minister for Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from September until November 2020. She was first appointed as a Parliament…
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Baroness Swinburne was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 1 March 2024 and 5 July 2024. Previously Baroness Swinburne was a Baroness in Waiting (Gover…
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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) on 9 July 2024.
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Baroness Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister between 1979 to 1990. Read more about the life and achievements of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Baroness Twycross was appointed Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) on 11 July 2024 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 23 July 2024.
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Baroness Vere of Norbiton was Parliamentary Secretary at HM Treasury between 14 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from 23 April 2019 to 1…
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Baroness Verma served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from May 2015 until July 2016. She has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2006 and previousl…
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Baroness Wheeler MBE was appointed Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip) on 10 July 2024.
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Baroness Wilcox was Parliamentary Under Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2010 until September 2012. She is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education She was educated at St Dunstan’s Abbey, …
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Barrie is a chartered mechanical engineer who has operational and management experience at nuclear plant, facility and site level. Barrie has most recently been the head of independent assurance, learning and regulatory affa…
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Barry Hooper joined HM Courts & Tribunals Service in November 2015. Barry has 20 years of commercial experience across a broad range of sectors. His commercial career began at the Rover Group where he spent 6 years as a …
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Barry Lowen was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Mali from January 2021 until July 2022. He was previously Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria. Mr Lowen has worked in India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UK Mission to the UN in Ne…
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Barry Topham is the Chief Information and Digital Officer at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Barry took on this role at the DBS in January 2017. Before joining DBS, Barry worked within the financial services sector. He h…
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Barry Wootton was appointed as non-executive director on the UK Hydrographic Office Board in July 2006. He brings both financial expertise and commercial experience to the board, having spent 25 years in financial director r…
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Bas was appointed Director General for Immigration Enforcement at the Home Office in November 2023, following a diverse career in public service. Born to Pakistani immigrants, he was raised in various locations and speaks se…
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Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan became Director General for Trade and Opportunities at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in February 2023. She was Director General for Trade and Opportunities in the Department for Business, …