Gerard Lemos | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assuming office TBD | |
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Born | Gerard Anthony Lemos February 1958 (age 66) India |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of York |
Gerard Anthony Lemos (born February 1958) is an Indian-British social policy researcher and author. He is due to be conferred with a life peerage.
Lemos was born in India in 1958. [1] He grew up in Croydon, and studied history and English at the University of York. [2]
Lemos is Chair of English Heritage, Chair of National Savings and Investments (NS&I), and the Chair of London Institute of Banking and Finance. [3]
He was nominated for a life peerage in December 2024 by Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the Labour Party. [4]
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