Jonathan Marland, Baron Marland
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The Right Honourable The Lord Marland |
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| Chairman of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Born | Jonathan Peter Marland |
Jonathan Peter Marland, Baron Marland (born 14 August 1956) is a British businessman and politician, having served as Prime Minister's Trade Envoy, Minister for Energy and Climate Change and Business, Innovation and Skills, and Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He was awarded a life peerage on 8 June 2006 as Baron Marland, of in the County of Wiltshire. In December 2015, he was awarded the Order of Merit of Malta.
Marland was educated at Shrewsbury School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational) in the county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
Marland was one of the founding directors of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, a multinational insurance business. He led the acquisitions or investment of Janspeed Ltd, Hunter Wellington Boots, Insurance Capital Partners, Jubilee Holdings Ltd, The Cricketer magazine, Tricouni Brand Ltd and Eco World Management and Advisory Services (UK) Ltd.
In 2014 he became Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.
He is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Kuwait Investment Authority and SME Fund and is Co-Chairman of the Kuwait British Business Council.
In 2010, Marland was made a Minister at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, serving on Her Majesty's Government frontbench.
In May 2011 he was appointed as the Chairman of the British Business Ambassadors by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
In 2012, Marland was made a Minister for Intellectual property in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
He was the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy between 2013 - 2014.
In 2003, Marland was appointed as Treasurer to the Conservative Party, fulfilling the role until 2007, and subsequently became a key part of the team which saw the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London.
A Conservative, Marland was the Parliamentary Candidate for the target seat of Somerton and Frome at the General Election 2001, coming second to the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP, David Heath.
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