Lord Howell of Guildford

The Rt Hon. the Lord Howell of Guildford

David Howell

Conservative

6 June 1997

Contact details

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 020 7219 5979
contactholmember@parliament.uk

Post	Date
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (International Energy Policy)	2010-12
Opposition Chief Whip (Lords)	2005-10
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)	2000-10
Secretary of State for Energy	1979-81
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)	1977-79
Minister of State (Department of Energy)	1974-74
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)	1972-72
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Employment)	1971-72
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)	1970-71
Parliamentary Secretary (Civil Service Department)	1970-72

Committee	House	Date
Soft Power Committee (Chairman)	Lords	2013-
Soft Power Committee	Lords	2013-
Procedure Committee (L)	Lords	2005-06
EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy	Lords	1999-00
European Union Committee (L)	Lords	1998-00
EU Sub-Committee B - Internal Market, Energy and Transport	Lords	1998-99
Liaison Committee (Commons)	Commons	1987-97
Foreign Affairs Committee (Chair)	Commons	1987-97
Foreign Affairs Committee	Commons	1986-97

Constituency	Date
Guildford	1966-97

Job title	Organisation	Date
Chairman	British Institute of Energy Economics	2003-
Chairman	Wieden Energy Group	2000-
Columnist for many newspapers Author of 4 books, including best-selling 'The Edge of Now'		2000-
Director	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre	1999-10
Director	UBS Warburg (plus many other companies)	1985-10
Chairman	UK-Japan 2000 Group	1982-97

Policy
Business, industry and consumers
Economy and finance
Energy and environment
European Union
Parliament, government and politics
Commonwealth
International energy security
UK-Japan
all railway issues
all Middle East issues
International development Banking
Internet and cyber issues

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Adviser to Japan Central Railways Ltd
- Member, UK Advisory Committee to the Kuwait Investment Office
- Consultant to Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV
10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Chairman, Windsor Energy Group
- Member, Economic Advisory Group to the British Chambers of Commerce
10: Non-financial interests (e)
- President, British Institute of Energy Economics
- Chairman, Council of Commonwealth Societies
- Member of the Governing Board, Centre for Global Energy Studies
- President, Royal Commonwealth Society (registered charity)
- Chairman, Commonwealth Exchange (Commonwealth-focussed London-based think tank)