Tom McNally

Tom McNally   (lobbyist, politician)
Born	1943-02-20
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College London
Party	Social Democratic Party (UK), Liberal Democrats
Minister of State for Justice In office 13 May 2010 - 18 December 2013  Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords In office 24 November 2004 - 15 October 2013 Preceded by Shirley Williams  Chairman of the Youth Justice Board In office March 2014 - Present

Tom McNally is a Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice and the current Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. His biography on the Liberal Democrat Party website reads:

He was appointed a Parliamentary adviser to GEC (1983-4) and then Director General of the British Retail Consortium (1985-87). In 1987, he joined public relations firm Hill and Knowlton as Director of Public Affairs, before moving to a similar position at Shandwick Public Relations in 1993. He subsequently became Vice-Chairman of Shandwick. In 2003, he was appointed to the new post of non-executive Vice-Chairman of Weber Shandwick following the take-over of Shandwick by American communications giant Interpublic. He left Weber Shandwick in November 2004 on his appointment as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

Affiliations

He is a Fellow of University College London, the Royal Society of Arts, the Institute of Public Relations, and the Industry and Parliament Trust. He is a Trustee of the Verulamium Museum, St. Albans, President of the St. Albans Liberal Democrats and a member of the National Liberal Club.

External Resources

• BBC Democracy Live Lord McNally