Lord Richard Risby

• Chairman
  British Ukrainian Society

Studied at Rondebosch, Cape; MA in Economics, Cambridge. 1976-86, VP, Merrill Lynch; 1986, Deputy MD, E F Hutton Int'l Assoc.; 1988, Exec. Director, Shearson Lehman Hutton; 1989, MD, Furman Selz. Conservative MP: 1992-97, for Bury St Edmunds; 1997-2010, for West Suffolk. 2010, raised to the peerage. In Parliament: May 1995, Deputy Chairman, Small Business Bureau and Chairman, Small Business Bureau Parliamentary Advisory Group. 1993-97, Parliamentary Private Secretary, Northern Ireland Office, Dept of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Defence. 1997, appointed Shadow Frontbench Spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport. 2000-04, Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Sept. 2004, Shadow Minister for Financial Services; thereafter until Dec. 2005, Shadow Paymaster-General. 2005-10, Vice-Chairman, Conservative Party and Co-Chairman, Conservative City Circle. Since end 2012, Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy for Algeria. Chairman, British Ukrainian Society. Co-Chairman, Global Agenda Council on Ukraine, World Economic Forum.