Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5792
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Ayrshire Central 1970 and Glasgow Pollok February 1974 general elections. MP (Conservative) for Galloway 1979-83, for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 1983-97
Parliamentary career
Assistant Government Whip 1981-83;
Government Whip 1983-86;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
Department of Employment 1986,
Scottish Office 1986-87;
Minister of State, Scottish Office 1987-90;
Secretary of State for Scotland 1990-95;
President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1995-97
Councils, public bodies
Governor, Rugby School 1997-2007;
DL, Ayrshire and Arran 1998-;
Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments:
Member 2009-,
Chairman 2009-
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Lang of Monkton, of Merrick and the Rhinns of Kells in Dumfries and Galloway 1997
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chairman, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc (advice in the areas of risk, strategy and human capital)
Non-executive Director, Charlemagne Capital Ltd (fund management)
Non-executive Director, SoyuzNefteGaz (Russian energy company)
Non-executive Director, PC Sun Valley (Ukrainian wine company in which Waterford Group are major shareholders; unpaid as such but provided for within fee received from Waterford: see category 2)
Non-executive Chairman, Sustained Innovation Consulting LLP (management consultants)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consultant, The Waterford Group (energy, property, wine; a commercial, not a political, consultancy)
Chairman, Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
4: Shareholdings (b)
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc
Royal Dutch Shell plc
5: Land and property
Flat in London and a property in Scotland, from which rental income is received
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Member of Council, The Rugbeian Society