Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Advisory Board Member

The Rt. Hon. Oliver Letwin MP is Minister of State for the Cabinet Office and the Member of Parliament for Dorset West. He is the son of Professor W Letwin, and Dr S R Letwin. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (MA, PhD). He married Isabel Grace, daughter of Professor John Frank Davidson, FRS in 1984. He has one son and a daughter. He was a visiting research fellow at Princeton University from 1980-81; a research fellow Darwin College, Cambridge 1981-82; a special adviser Department of Education and Science in 1982-83; member of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit from1983-86; director N M Rothschild and Sons Ltd in 1991-2003; non-executive director in 2005-9; MP (Conservative) Dorset W 1997-; opposition front bench spokesman on constitutional affairs from 1998-99; Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1999-2000; Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 2000-2001; Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs in 2001-3; Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 2003-5; Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs June-December 2005, Chairman of the Conservative Party Policy Review and Chairman of the Conservative Research Department since December 2005. He was appointed to the Privy Council in June 2002; FRSA 1991. His publications include 'Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self' (1984), 'Privatising the World' (1987), 'Aims of Schooling' (1988), 'Drift to Union' (1990), 'The Purpose of Politics' (1999); numerous articles in learned and popular journals. Recreations are philosophy, walking, skiing, tennis.