Katie Lam | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Weald of Kent | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 8,422 (16.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
Katie Jane Lotte Lam is a British Conservative politician who has been Member of Parliament for Weald of Kent since 2024. [1] She is also a lyricist and scriptwriter.
Lam was educated at Trinity College,Cambridge,where she read classics. While at Cambridge she was elected president of the Cambridge Union and chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. [2]
She began working in finance,spending the bulk of her career at Goldman Sachs,where she was a vice president. She then became a special adviser,working for Suella Braverman and Boris Johnson. [3]
She has also worked for PR company Portland Communications as Chief Policy Adviser,and Chief of Staff at AI company Faculty. Lam is a governor at the Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children in King's Cross,and a former trustee at the Ivors Academy Trust,the charitable arm of professional songwriters' association The Ivors Academy. [4]
In collaboration with Alex Parker,Lam has co-written five musicals,including an adaptation of The Railway Children . [5]
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