Commercial roles include Non-Executive Chairman and Director positions at publicly listed companies; currently Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council. Track record includes senior leadership across private and public boards. Applicable skills include international relations and governance. Represented East Devon in the UK House of Commons (2001–2019); former Minister of State for Northern Ireland and Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Americas, Latin America, Asia and Asia-Pacific); former service in the Grenadier Guards; Privy Councillor (2011); Knighted (2016); elevated to the House of Lords (2022).