Alok Sharma
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Alok Sharma MP |
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| Minister for Asia and the Pacific | |
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Assumed office 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | James Duddridge |
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Member of Parliament for Reading West |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Salter |
| Majority | 6,004 (12.6%) |
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7 September 1967 India |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | University of Salford |
Alok Sharma (born 7 September 1967) is an Indian-born British politician with the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. He was elected in 2010 as Member of Parliament for Reading West and in 2016 was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Theresa May.
Sharma grew up in Earley and Whitley Wood and went to Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning and Salford University where he received a BSc in Applied Physics with electronics in 1988.
Sharma subsequently qualified as a chartered accountant, training with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in Manchester before moving into corporate finance advisory with Nikko Securities and then Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, where he held senior roles based out of London, and Frankfurt. Alok advised corporates and private equity firms on cross border mergers and acquisitions, listings and restructurings.
Sharma is currently a governor of a local primary school in Reading. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for the advancement of the Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce. Previously he served as a chairman of the political think tank Bow Group's economic affairs committee. In 2013, he was appointed as the Conservative vice-chairman for BME Communities.
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