Lord Farmer

In 2004, Lord Farmer was a founding partner of the Red Kite Group of hedge funds, which provides mine finance and futures investment opportunities for funds. Lord Farmer has over 50 years of base metals trading experience and has led two of the biggest copper and base metal trading companies of the last 30 years.

Lord Farmer has been a Conservative Peer since October 2014. He was appointed Co-Treasurer of the Conservative Party in February 2012 and appointed to the board of the Conservative Party in January 2013, as Treasurer of the party.

Lord Farmer is a trustee of various Christian trusts and was, up until 2014, a trustee of the Kingham Hill Trust and was on the Oak Hill College Council. He is also involved in the Academy Schools programme, being the founder sponsor for ARK All Saints Camberwell.

Michael Spencer

Chairman
After reading physics at Corpus Christi, Oxford, Michael Spencer began a career in the City that led him to set up Intercapital in May 1986 which grew to become, in 1999, ICAP plc.

Mark Bamford

Mark Bamford was born in 1951 and educated at Millfield School.

Immediately after leaving school, he started his career with the JCB Group, where he still works. Mark is a director of 8 companies within the JCB Group and holds 4 directorships outside the JCB Group.

Sir David Ord

David is a graduate of University College London and a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School (1987). He is the Managing Director of the Bristol Port Company and was the Non-Executive Chairman of MITIE Group plc from 2003-2008.

Lord Chadlington

Since 2000, Peter Chadlington has been Chief Executive of Huntsworth plc the international public relations and healthcare communications company. Huntsworth employs over 1,700 and serves over 2,500 clients through an international network of 70 offices.

Lord Saatchi

In 1970, Maurice Saatchi co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi and is now a partner in M&C Saatchi. He is a Governor of the London School of Economics and a Director of the Centre for Policy Studies.

Baroness Finn

Simone is a graduate of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. She is a former government adviser on industrial relations, efficiency and civil service reform. She qualified as an accountant with PWC in 1994.

Lord Feldman

Andrew Feldman served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2016. Andrew attended Political Cabinet, ran the professional operation at Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) and had overall responsibility for the Party's strategy, finances, and professional operation leading up t