The Rt Hon Philip Hammond, MP

Career: asst to chm then marketing mangr Speywood Laboratories 1977-81, dir Speywood Medical Ltd 1981-83, established and ran medical equipment distribution business 1983-94 (concurrently dir various medical equipment manufacturing companies UK and Europe); dir: Castlemead Ltd 1984-2004, Castlemead Homes Ltd 1994-2004, Consort Resources Ltd 2000-03; ptnr CMA Consultants 1993-95, conslt to Govt of Malawi 1995-97; MP (Cons) Runnymede and Weybridge 1997- (Parly candidate (Cons) Newham NE 1994); memb Environment Tport and Regions Select Ctee 1997-98; oppn frontbench spokesman on: health and social servs 1998-2001, trade and industry 2001-02, local and regnl govt 2002-05; shadow chief sec to Treasy 2005, shadow sec of state for work and pensions 2005-07, shadow chief sec to the Treasy 2007-10, sec of state for transport 2010-11, sec of state for defence 2011-; memb Trade and Industry Select Ctee 2002