Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz

Aamer Ahmad Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz (born 25 September 1981) is a British-Pakistani businessman and politician. He was previously a Conservative Party Treasurer, before being nominated for a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the 2019 Dissolution Honours List.[1]

The Right Honourable

The Lord Sarfraz
Official Portrait, 2020
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 September 2020
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Aamer Ahmad Sarfraz

(1981-09-25) 25 September 1981
London
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Maryam Sayeed Sarfraz
Alma materBoston University
London School of Economics

Background

Sarfraz was born in London and grew up in Islamabad, before moving to the United Kingdom in 2002. He is a graduate of Boston University, and the London School of Economics.[2]

Business career

Sarfraz is founder of Better Grain,[3] an agriculture business working with smallholder farmers in Asia. Sarfraz was previously a Managing Director at The Electrum Group, a private equity firm, and a Venture Partner at Draper Associates, an early-stage technology venture capital firm.[4]

Conservative Party fundraising

As a Conservative Party Treasurer, Sarfraz chaired the Business and Entrepreneurs' Forum, described as a 'a network of business leaders that support the Conservative Party', charging £3,000 a year for membership.[5]

Since 2018, he has donated £122,500 to the Conservative Party.[6]

House of Lords

Sarfraz was nominated to the House of Lords on 31 July 2020,[7] and was created Baron Sarfraz, of Kensington in the Royal London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on 8 September 2020.[8] Sarfraz took his seat in the House of Lords on 28 September 2020, and delivered his maiden speech on 19th October 2020. [9]

Sarfraz stated that improving relations between Pakistan and the United Kingdom will be a fundamental part of his new work.[10]

In October 2020, Sarfraz praised the UK government's support for Rohingya Muslims, and called on it to redouble its humanitarian efforts to support religious minorities around the world. [11]

Since January 2021, Sarfraz has been a member of the Science and Technology Committee.[12]

References
  1. "Dissolution Peerages 2019" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. "Queen appoints British-Pakistani Aamer Sarfraz as House of Lords member". The Express Tribune (Pakistan). August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. "Better Grain Agriculture". Better Grain. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "A Pair of Silicon Valley Venture Veterans Eye SPACs as a Way to Sidestep IPOs". The Street. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. "Inside the elite Tory fundraising machine". Open Democracy. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. "Electoral Commission". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. "Dissolution Peerages 2019" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. "Crown Office". The London Gazette. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  9. "Hansard". UK Parliament. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. "Queen appoints British-Pakistani Aamer Sarfraz as House of Lords member". The Express Tribune (Pakistan). August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  11. "We can't rest in our support for the Rohingya Muslims". The Times). October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  12. "UK Parliament". Retrieved 29 January 2021.
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord Clarke of Nottingham		 Gentlemen
Baron Sarfraz 		Followed by
The Lord McLoughlin
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