The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
Biography
The Rt Hon Greg Hands was appointed Minister of State for Trade Policy in the Department for Business and Trade on 13 November 2023. He was also appointed Minister for London on 13 November 2023.
He was previously Minister without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office between 7 February 2023 and 13 November 2023. He was also Minister of State at the Department for International Trade between 9 October 2022 and 7 February 2023, and a Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy between 16 September 2021 and 7 September 2022.
He was also Minister of State for Trade Policy in the Department for International Trade (DIT) from 13 February 2020 to 15 September 2021 and Minister of State in the Department for International Trade from 2016 to 2018. He was elected the Conservative MP for Hammersmith and Fulham in 2005, and for Chelsea and Fulham in 2010.
Education
Greg was educated at a variety of state schools in the UK and the USA, but principally at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Amersham, before going on to study Modern History at Cambridge University, including time spent in the modern languages and oriental studies faculties graduating with first class honours.
Political career
Greg Hands has been a government minister since October, 2011. He served first as the Treasury Whip, 2011 to 2013, and then as government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household, 2013 to 2015. Following the May 2015 General Election, Greg Hands attended Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury under the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.
Greg served as a Local Councillor in Fulham, 1998 to 2006. He was elected Conservative MP for Hammersmith and Fulham in 2005, the MP for the redrawn Chelsea and Fulham constituency in 2010 and again in 2015.
Career outside politics
Greg spent 8 years working on trading floors in London and New York trading and marketing fixed income derivatives.
Personal life
Greg is married with 2 children.
Minister of State (Minister for Trade Policy)
The Minister of State for Trade Policy supports the Secretary of State with:
- support on all free trade agreements (FTAs)
- support on World Trade Organization (WTO), G7, G20, OECD, Commonwealth and wider multilateral engagement
- market access strategy
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Bill
- tariffs and disputes
- UK’s crown dependencies and overseas territories
- trade remedies
- UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) implementation and review