Lord Peter Mandelson

• Member of the House of Lords, United Kingdom

Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, St Catherine's College, Oxford. 1985-1990, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Labour Party; 1992-2004, Member of Parliament for Hartlepool; four Cabinet positions in the British government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including First Secretary of State and Business Secretary; 2004-08, European Trade Commissioner. Currently, Member of the House of Lords; concurrently, since January 2011, Chairman, Global Counsel, a strategic advisory firm. Senior Adviser, Lazard. Author: published autobiography, The Third Man.