Professor Syed Kamall

Lord Kamall is a Professor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. He became a life peer in 2021, serving as minister for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences at the Department of Health and Social Care (Sept 2021- Sept 2022 ) and minister at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Sept-Oct 2022). Previously, he represented London in the European Parliament (2005-2019) where he served as leader of the European Conservatives & Reformists (ECR) group. He has been Academic and Research Director at the IEA. For Politeia he is co-author of Banking on Recovery: Towards an accountable, stable financial sector (2016).