Liz Lloyd

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Elizabeth Anne Lloyd CBE (born 1971) served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Tony Blair's last administration (2005-2007).

Early life

Lloyd attended Guildford Grammar School (others include former Government minister James Purnell, and communications manager Tim Allan)[1] and Clare College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a BA in Law and History[2] in 1993.

Career

Blair government

Lloyd began working for Tony Blair when he became Labour Leader in 1994. After Blair became Prime Minister in 1997, she became his home-affairs advisor. She later worked in the Foreign Policy area in the Number 10 Policy Unit "the powerhouse of New Labour ideas".[3] She held a number of key coordinating roles in Number 10, and became Deputy Chief of Staff in 2005[2] with responsibility for much of the domestic policy agenda.

Banking

In 2007 she joined Standard Chartered, a London-based bank with a focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East,[4] and was later appointed Group Head of Public Affairs.[2] From 2013 to 2015 she was CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania. In 2015 she was elected Vice-Chair of the Tanzanian Bankers Association. In 2016 she was appointed Group Company Secretary at Standard Chartered in London.[5][2]

Lloyd became a trustee of The Tony Blair Governance Initiative charity in 2009,[6] and later became Chair of Trustees.[7]

Starmer government

In late 2024, some months after Keir Starmer's Labour government was elected, Lloyd was to return to the party as director of policy delivery and innovation.[8]

Personal life

Lloyd married in 2002, and she had two children. Lloyd was made a CBE in the 2008 New Year's Honours list.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Labour machine: an insiders' guide 26 April 2007". Belfast Telegraph. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Our people: Liz Lloyd, CBE". Standard Charted. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Blairs babes nudge for a places at the top table 14 August 2016". The Independent. 13 August 1997. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Standard Chartered announces changes to its Board 21 December 2015". London Stock Exchange. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Standard Chartered PLC announces changes to its Board". Standard Chartered (Press release). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ "The Tony Blair Governance Initiative Annual Report 31 December 2009" (PDF). Blair. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Liz Lloyd, Chair of Trustees". Africa Governance Initiative. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ^ Kettle, Martin (14 November 2024). "Sue Gray's final departure marks the moment that the Starmer project gets serious". the Guardian.


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