CYW in Conversation with Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP
Tue, 14 Jul
|Zoom details will be sent via email
Join Conservative Young Women for a Zoom discussion with Andrea Leadsom MP on July 14 at 6pm.
Time & Location
14 Jul 2020, 18:00 – 18:45
Zoom details will be sent via email
Guests
About the Event
Join CYW for a discussion with Andrea Leadsom MP - please consider submitting your questions in advance.
The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom was Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020. She was Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons from June 2017 to May 2019. She was elected as Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire in 2010.
After attending Tonbridge Girls Grammar School in Kent, Andrea went on to read political science at Warwick University.
Andrea served on the Treasury Select Committee from July 2010 until May 2014 and on the Public Accounts Committee from May 2014 until March 2015. She then served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from April 2014 until May 2015 and Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from May 2015 until July 2016. Andrea also served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from July 2016 until June 2017.
Andrea worked in the banking and finance industry for 25 years, most recently as Head of Corporate Governance and Senior Investment Officer at Invesco Perpetual, one of the UK’s largest retail fund managers.
Andrea is married to Ben and has three children.