Harriett Baldwin elected chair of Treasury Committee

Former managing director at JP Morgan

Harriett Baldwin has been elected chair of the Treasury Committee, following the resignation of Mel Stride to become secretary of state for work and pensions.

A former managing director and head of currency management at JP Morgan, Baldwin later became a pensions fund manager at the firm, working there from 1986 to 2008. She was elected as the MP for West Worcestershire in May 2010 and has held a number of roles including serving on the Work and Pensions Select Committee between 2010-2015. Baldwin was also previously minister for Africa, having been appointed minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development.   She was one of a handful of MPs who were strongly involved with the IFA communi...