Guy Black

Guy Vaughan Black, Baron Black of Brentwood (born 6 August 1964, Chelmsford, Essex) is Executive Director of the Telegraph Media Group and a Conservative Life Peer member of the House of Lords.

Political Career

After a graduate traineeship at Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Black joined the Conservative Research Department in 1986. He was a member of the Brentwood and Ongar Conservative Association from 1982 to 1992. He left CRD in 1989 to become Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Energy, John Wakeham, who was then spearheading the privatisation of the electricity industry. He also served as a councillor for the Shenfield ward on the Brentwood District Council from 1988-92. After the 1992 election, Black spent four years in public affairs, working for Westminster Strategy (1992–94) and then Lowe Bell Good Relations (1994–96)

Education

The elder of twins, Black was educated at Brentwood School, Essex and then Peterhouse, Cambridge. He graduated from there with double first class honours in history in 1985, having won the Sir Herbert Butterfield Prize for history.

External References

UK Parliament Official Website http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-black-of-brentwood/4171