The Rt Hon David Willetts, MP

Career: research asst to Nigel Lawson MP 1978; HM Treasy 1978-84: energy policy 1978-79, public expenditure control 1980-81, private sec to fin sec 1981-82, monetary policy 1982-84; memb PM's Downing Street Policy Unit 1984-86, dir of studies Centre for Policy Studies 1987-92, conslt dir Cons Research Dept 1987-92; MP (Cons) Havant 1992-; PPS to Sir Norman Fowler 1993-94, asst whip 1994-95, Lord Cmmr of HM Treasy 1995, Parly under sec Office of Public Serv 1995-96, Paymaster-Gen 1996; oppn front bench spokesman on employment 1997-98, shadow sec for educn and employment 1998-99, shadow sec for social security 1999-2001, shadow sec of state for work and pensions 2001-05, shadow sec of state for trade and industry 2005, shadow sec of state for educn and skills 2005-09, shadow min for univs and skills 2009-10, min of state for univs and science 2010-; memb Cons Pty Policy Bd 2001-03, memb Governing Body Inst of Govt 2008-; visiting prof Cass Business Sch; memb: Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham FPC 1987-90, Parkside HA 1988-90, Social Security Advsy Ctee 1989-92; non-exec dir: Retirement Security Ltd 1988-94 (chm 1991-94), Electra Corporate Ventures Ltd 1989-94; dir Konigswinter UK 2007-; sr policy advsr Punter Southall 2005-09; writer and broadcaster; visiting fell Nuffield Coll Oxford; govr Ditchley Fndn; memb: Cncl Inst for Fiscal Studies, Global Aging Cmmn 1999-2009

Books and Publications: Modern Conservatism (1992), Civic Conservatism (1994), Blair's Gurus (1996), Why Vote Conservative? (1997), Welfare to Work (1998), After the Landslide (1999), Browned-off: What's Wrong with Gordon Brown's Social Policy (2000), Tax Credits: Do They Add Up? (2002), Left Out, Left Behind (2003), Old Europe? Demographic Change and Pension Reform (2003), Conservatives in Birmingham (2008), The Pinch: how the baby boomers took their children's future and why they should give it back (2010)