Register of Interests - Members of the House of Lords
- Director, Richemont Holdings (UK) Limited (high quality brands)
- AGSL (agricultural company in Spain)
- Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (high quality brands)
- Diageo plc (beverage alcohol)
- RIT Capital Partners plc (investment trust)
- Persimmon plc (housebuilding)
- Berkshire Hathaway (multinational conglomerate holding company)
- Wellington Farm Shop Ltd (interest ceased 23 October 2024)
- Oakley Capital Investments
- Agricultural property in the province of Granada, Spain
- Agricultural property in Wallonia, Belgium
- Partner in family farming business in Hampshire
- Partner in family farming business in Ayrshire
- Chairman, Spearfish Security Limited
- Non-executive Director, MCM Solutions (extraction and management of data from digital and non-digital sources)
- Member, Advisory Board, Kraken Technology Group Ltd (provides precision design, advanced engineering and technological innovation to performance marine market)
- Security Exhibitions Ltd
- Response Exhibitions Ltd
- Spearfish Security Ltd
- As a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces the member attends regular meetings at which the value of the hospitality received over the course of a calendar year exceeds the registration threshold of £300
- As a member of the House of Lords Defence Group the member attends regular meetings at which the value of the hospitality received over the course of a calendar year exceeds the registration threshold of £300
- Director, GBMW Ltd (member's company providing strategic and management advice, and running his private office) (member draws ad hoc dividends); current clients are Aquind Ltd (electricity transmission), Cenergist (energy solutions), Eversleigh LLP (property), Heartland Solutions Group Inc (strategic consultancy), Parking Places Ltd (property), Policy Exchange Ltd (think tank), Squire Patton Boggs LLP (law firm), Iogen Corporation (green fuel), Northpoint Strategy Ltd (provides strategic communications and PA advice), RU Consulting (business consultancy), RTC Education Ltd (education provider) and Total Care and Support Limited (utilities construction company)
- Chair, Office for Students (independent regulator) (part-time) (interest ceased 9 July 2024)
- Chair and Director, Northpoint Strategy Ltd (provides strategic communications and PA advice) (unremunerated but dividends may be received)
- GBMW Ltd (member's company providing strategic and management advice, and running his private office)
- Secure Energy Limited (proposal to develop liquefied natural gas and hydrogen terminal)
- Freelance journalism including regular column for The New European
- Chair, Appointments and Oversight Committee of the Financial Times
- Speaking engagement, 14 November 2024, Signum Global Advisors, London
- Stellantis NV (formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV)
- Ferrari NV (luxury sports car manufacturer)
- Flat in London SE13 from which rental income is received
- Party to a legal challenge against the Government for alleged failure to investigate foreign state interference in the UK’s democratic process, which has been crowd funded by The Citizens (For The Citizens Limited is a non-profit organisation registered as a UK limited company)
- Hospitality with husband received from Global Radio for Classic FM concert at Royal Albert Hall, 21 October 2024
- Government Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard)
- No registrable interests
- Chairman and Director, Skeldings Ltd (springs, pressings, tools)
- Non-executive Chairman, Made in the Midlands Ltd
- Chairman, Eco Removal Systems Ltd
- Director, Harborne Consultancy Midlands Limited (member's own company; clients are listed in category 1)
- President, Surface Engineering Association
- Strategic Adviser, Gem Limited (heating systems)
- Skeldings Ltd (springs, pressings, tools) (see category 1)
- Harborne Consultancy Midlands Limited (member's own company) (see category 1)
- Eco Removal Systems Ltd
- Non-executive Director, The Water Retail Company
- Member, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
- The member also receives assistance from Peers for the Planet Ltd in his role as Director for the Peers for the Planet Group
- Part share in a flat, Cardiff
- 6 acres of land near Caernarfon from which rental income is received
- Appointed by National Executive Committee of Labour Party to panel to investigate leak of confidential party document
- Commissioner, South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority (one of four appointed by Welsh Government to oversee running of service)
- Non-executive Director, The Biotech Growth Trust plc (venture capital fund investing in life sciences)
- President, The Resolution Foundation (think-tank)
- Visiting Professor, King’s College, London
- Director and sole owner, Marchmount Executive Services Limited
- Occasional journalism
- Occasional lectures and presentations
- In receipt of royalties from writing books
- Member, Advisory Board of Open Classrooms (education technology) (member has share options) (interest ceased 17 May 2025)
- Director, Thames Holdings Ltd (promoting education and life sciences links with China)
- Non-executive Director, Tekcapital plc (investment group focused on creating market value from technologies) (member has share options)
- Non-executive Director, SatixFy UK (communications technology company)
- Non-executive Director, Darktrace Limited (cyber security) (interest ceased 1 October 2024)
- Chair, UK Space Agency Board
- Strategic Adviser, HighTide (pharmaceutical company) (remunerated via contract with Thames Holdings Ltd)
- Non-executive Director, SatixFy Communications Ltd (parent company of SatixFy UK; communications technology company)
- Speaking engagements, 11 and 17 June 2024, Global Issues Dialogue Centre, Jesus College, Cambridge
- Speaking engagement, 18 June 2024, presentation to Board of Aviva plc, Horsham (fee donated to The Resolution Foundation)
- Chair, Gen IP (company assessing value of new technologies)
- Chair, Regulatory Innovation Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
- Marchmount Executive Services Limited (100 per cent owner: see category 1)
- Vantix Diagnostics Inc (formerly Vantix Limited) (company developing biosensors)
- Sirius Constellation Limited
- Darktrace Ltd (cyber security) (interest ceased 1 October 2024)
- SynBioVen Limited
- Visit to California, 5-8 May 2025, to attend the SynBioBeta conference; flights and accommodation costs paid by SynBiCITE, a Synthetic Biology centre at Imperial College, London.
- Attended Ecole Polytechnique Ball, 16 May 2025, Paris (guest of OHB)
- Government Chief Whip, House of Lords (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms) (interest ceased 5 July 2024)
- In receipt of salary as Opposition Chief Whip in House of Lords
- Honorary membership of Carlton Club, given by Carlton Club (London) Limited, St James's Street, London SW1
- House in York YO23
- Flat in London SE11
- Non-executive Director, Natural Capital Research Limited (provides bespoke models, tools and datasets to measure, map and enhance aspects of nature (natural capital assets) that provide societal benefits)
- Principal and Pro-Vice Chancellor (without portfolio), St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
- Professor of Biodiversity, Department of Biology, University of Oxford
- Natural Capital Research Limited (provides bespoke models, tools and datasets to measure, map and enhance aspects of nature (natural capital assets) that provide societal benefits)
- The member receives research assistance from Peers for the Planet Ltd in her role as chair of the Peers for the Planet parliamentary group
- Director, Eggz Limited (mobile entertainment company) (member's company owned 50 per cent by member and 50 per cent by member's wife)
- Eggz Limited (mobile entertainment company) (see category 1)
- Member and wife have interests in a SIPP but no identifiable holding in the SIPP is of registrable value
- The member with his wife have investments in Vanneck Equity Fund (formerly CFIC Loudwater Fund managed by Loudwater Investment Partners)
- The member with his wife have investments in the CF Ruffer Absolute Return Fund
- Commercial premises in London owned jointly with wife from which rental income is received
- Fees for occasional lecturing, mainly for University of Cambridge, including Judge Business School, Department of Economics, Moller Institute and Institute for Manufacturing
- Property in Teesside from which rental income is received (property owned by wife; rental income received jointly)
- In receipt of episcopal stipend
- Director, Kayplot Limited (broadcasting/journalism)
- Professor, Science and Society, Imperial College London
- Regular speaking engagements at festivals, conferences and dinners
- Occasional Radio and TV presenting
- Occasional remuneration for public lectures
- Royalties received as author of Children’s book on science (formerly consultant), Dorling Kindersley publishers
- Royalties received as author of Books for adults on popular science and medicine
- Occasional journalism for national newspapers
- Director, Startransfer Limited (biotechnology company)
- Kayplot Limited (broadcasting/journalism)
- Startransfer Limited (biotechnology company)
- Guest of Arena Racing Corporation Limited at Doncaster Racecourse for St Leger Day race meeting, 14 September 2024
Contact details
Members of the House of Lords may contact the Registrar of Lords' Interests as follows:
Telephone: 020 7219 3120
Post: Registrar of Lords' Interests, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW
Email: lordsregistrar@parliament.uk
Related information
Read the Code of Conduct and the standards expected of Members of the House of Lords in discharging their parliamentary and public duties
House of Lords code of Conduct
List of All-Party Groups made up of MPs and Members of the Lords
Register of the financial interests of journalists accredited to the Parliamentary Press Gallery
Register of Journalists' InterestsRegistration forms
Registration form for Members of the House of Lords
- Registration form for Members Microsoft Word (1.5 MB)
- Registration form for Members PDF version (170 KB)
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