Jonathan Hill
Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford, (born 24 July 1960) was created a life peer in May 2010 and appointed parliamentary secretary of state for schools in the Department for Education the same day.[1]
In 2012 Hill was appointed leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He stepped down from the Government in July 2014, when he was controversially nominated to become the UK's European Commissioner.[2]
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Background
Hill is a former lobbyist for Lowe Bell Communications (1989–91) and the Bell Pottinger Group from 1994 until 1998. He subsequently became a founding director of Quiller Consultants.
He is a former political secretary to Conservative prime minister John Major in the 1990s.
European role
On September 10, 2014 Lord Hill was presented as designated EU Commissioner for the Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union portfolio in the forthcoming Juncker Commission.
CV
- Read history at Cambridge University
- 1980s - special adviser to Kenneth Clarke in Conservative cabinet
- Early 1990s - adviser to then PM John Major during EU's Maastricht Treaty negotiations, which launched euro
- 1994-1998 - senior consultant at lobbying firm Bell Pottinger Group
- Founding director of Quiller Consultants
- 2010 - Becomes a life peer as Baron Hill of Oareford and junior education minister
- Serves as leader of House of Lords and leader of Conservatives in the House
Affiliations
- Sharedholdings in international PR agency Huntsworth plc.
Notes
- ↑ Lord Hill of Oareford CBE, Department for Education, accessed 4 February 2012.
- ↑ Lord Hill set to become UK's new EU Commissioner, BBC News, 15 July 2014.
