Gavin Barwell runs NorthStar, a company he co-founded which advises businesses on UK and geopolitics. He is also a non-executive director of Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest housing association.
He served as Downing Street Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May from June 2017 to July 2019. Before that, he was the Member of Parliament for Croydon, a Government Minister, and the Conservative Party’s Director of Campaigning. He now sits in the House of Lords.