Adam Afriyie
Adam Afriyie MP is a member of parliament for the constituency of Windsor, he is a member of the Conservative Party and has been in office since 2005.
Biograpghy
Born in Wimbledon in 1965 to a white English mother and a black Ghanaian father, Adam attended former grammar school Addey & Stanhope in New Cross and gained a BSc in Agricultural Economics from Imperial College (Wye) London University. Living in Israel and visiting Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Holland, Denmark and Sweden in his gap year, his appetite for travel has not diminished over the years. Sport has played an important role and, since captaining the basketball team at university, Adam has remained a keen distance and charity runner and health and fitness amateur. Adam's business experience is well recognised. He was a regional finalist in the 2003 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year awards, and in 2005 he sold his controlling interest in DeHavilland Information Services to EMAP plc. In 1993 he was founding director of Connect Support Services - an IT services company pioneering fixed-price support. Connect was recognised in the Virgin Sunday Times Fasttrack 100 of Britain's fastest growing private companies in 2002, and he now acts as non-executive Chairman. He is also non-executive Chairman of Axonn Media Ltd - a news and information services company - and past appointments have included Governor of the Museum of London, Trustee of the Museum in Docklands and a director of Policy Exchange, the centre-right think tank. As Patron of Berkshire Young Enterprise, Adam is keen to encourage teenagers to recognise their business skills as early as possible.
Political Career
Adam has a depth and breadth of parliamentary experience. He has served on Select Committees and Standing Committees, led policy development and served as Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation from 2007 to 2010.
- Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation. 2007 – 2010.
- Conservative Parliamentary Leader for TMT - Technology, Media and Telecoms. 2006.
- Member of the Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, co-chaired by John Redwood and Simon Wolfson. 2006.
- Chairman of the Deregulation Task Force. 2006.
- Science & Technology Select Committee. 2005.
- Finance Bill Standing Committee. 2007.
- Welfare Reform Bill Standing Committee. 2006.
- Lottery Bill Standing Committee. 2006.
- Civil Aviation Bill Standing Committee. 2005.
Roles
- Chairman of the Select Committee on Members' Expenses. 2011-
- Chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). 2010-
- Chairman of the Parliamentary Space Committee. 2010-
