The Rt Hon Dr Oliver Letwin, MP

Career: visiting research fell Princeton Univ 1980-81, research fell Darwin Coll Cambridge 1981-82, special advsr Dept of Educn and Sci 1982-83, memb Prime Minister's Policy Unit 1983-86, md N M Rothschild and Sons Ltd 2003 (joined 1986, dir 1991-2003, non-exec dir 2005-); MP (Cons) Dorset W 1997-; oppn frontbench spokesman on constitutional affrs 1998-99, shadow fin sec to the Treasy 1999-2000, shadow chief sec to the Treasy 2000-01, shadow home sec 2001-03, shadow sec of state for economic affrs and shadow chllr of the Exchequer 2003-05, shadow sec of state for environment, food and rural affairs 2005, min of state for policy 2010-; chm Cons Party Policy Review and Cons Research Dept 2005-; FRSA 1991

Books and Publications: Publications 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 jls