Lord Edward Udny-Lister of Wandsworth Kt, PC

Lord Udny-Lister was ennobled by the Queen on the 6th November 2020 and took his seat in the House of Lords on the 19th May 2021. He was made a Privy Councillor on the 10th March 2021.

Lord Udny-Lister serves on the House of Lords International Agreements Committee.

In the Middle East he is the Joint Chair of the UK UAE Business Council and a Director of the UK Saudi Business Council and a member of its Advisory Board. In Business Lord Lister is a Director of Gemcorp Capital Management Ltd and an Advisor to HSBC. He is also a property consultant.

From July 2019 to January 2021, Lord Udny-Lister was the Prime Minister’s Senior Strategic Adviser based in 10 Downing Street. In that role he was responsible for Business, Trade, International Affairs and he had a specific responsibility for the Gulf.

Prior to that, he was Chairman of Homes England 2016 to 2019. Homes England was responsible for the UK Governments land holdings and the provision of Housing including the Help to Buy programme. He was also an adviser on inward investment at the Department of International Trade and a non-Executive Director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

From 2011 to 2016, he was Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor of London responsible for Policy and Planning and was Leader of the London Borough of Wandsworth 1992 to 2011. He also served on the London Legacy Development Corporation from 2011 to 2016 (the body responsible for the Olympic Park) and on the Old Oak Common Development Corporation 2014 to 2016 which was the regeneration Authority for an extensive area of west London.

From 2013 to 2016, he was Chairman of London & Partners – London’s investment agency.

Lord Udny-Lister was knighted for Services to Local Government in 2011. His achievements in regeneration have been widely recognised and in 2011 was made a Freeman of the London Borough of Wandsworth. In 2014, he was awarded the London First Award and Estates Gazette London Award. He is also a Freeman of the City of London.