Rt Hon. Lord Stephen Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Art
UK Government
UK

The Rt Hon. Lord Stephen Parkinson of Whitley Bay was born in North Shields, Tyne & Wear. Growing up on Tyneside, as well as in Surrey, Suffolk, and Hampshire, he was educated at state comprehensives and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he read history and was elected President of the Cambridge Union. Beginning his career in the Conservative Research Department, he has worked for a think-tank, for two successful referendum campaigns, and as special adviser, then Political Secretary, to Theresa May at the Home Office and at 10 Downing Street. He stood for Parliament in Newcastle-upon-Tyne North in 2010 and joined the House of Lords in 2019, serving as a Lord-in-Waiting (Government Whip) from February 2020, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Arts) at DCMS from September 2021.

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Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

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Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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