Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2239
macdonaldaj@parliament.uk

Biography

Lords career

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson for Scottish Office (Minister of Business and Industry) 1998-99; Minister of State and Government Spokesperson for Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Minister for Transport) 1999-2001 (attending Cabinet); Minister and Government Spokesperson for Cabinet Office and Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 2001-03; Government Spokesperson for Transport 2002-03; Cabinet Office Advisory Committee on Business Appointments 2009-

Councils, public bodies

Member, Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

International bodies

OECD, Member: Steering Group, Futures Project on Infrastructure 2005-11, Advisory board, International Transport Forum 2009-

Political interests

Humanism, media, business, education

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, of Tradeston in the County of Glasgow 1998

Register of Interests

1: Directorships

Scottish Power Ltd

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Senior Adviser, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe) Limited (fund management)

Member, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by Cabinet Office)