Jamie Borwick, 5th Baron Borwick

Geoffrey Robert James Borwick, 5th Baron Borwick (born 7 March 1955) is a British businessman, hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.

Electric Modec van outside City Hall
The Right Honourable

The Lord Borwick
Born (1955-03-07) 7 March 1955
EducationEton College
OccupationBusinessman
Spouse(s)Victoria Borwick
Children3 sons, 1 daughter

Early life

Jamie Borwick was born on 7 March 1955. He was educated at Eton College.

Career

Borwick became Chief Executive (from 1987 to 2001) of Manganese Bronze Holdings plc, best known for making London Taxis, and then Chairman until 2003.

Borwick was founder and owner of electric truck producer Modec in Coventry in 2004. The company entered administration in March 2011 with debts of over £40m. He was Chairman of Route2Mobility Ltd, funding wheelchairs and scooters for disabled people as part of the UK's Motability scheme, until October 2010. He was also a Deputy Chairman of the board of British Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.[1]

His other business appointments include as Chairman of Countryside Properties (Bicester) Ltd, and Chairman of Federated Trust Corporation Ltd. He was a non-executive Director of Hansa Trust plc from 1984 until 2012.

On 16 July 2013, Lord Borwick was elected to sit in the House of Lords at a hereditary peers by-election in replacement of the late Lord Reay;[2] he sits on the Conservative benches.[3]

Philanthropy

Borwick is a Trustee of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity, having retired from the British Lung Foundation after 2 terms of 6 years as Trustee.[4]

Personal life

Borwick married Victoria Poore in 1981,[5] who is a former Conservative London Assembly Member and Deputy Mayor of London, and, from 2015 to 2017,[6] MP for Kensington; they have three sons and a daughter.[7] One of their sons is Thomas Borwick, a digital media strategist for the Conservative Party and the Vote Leave campaign.[8]

Arms
Coat of arms of Jamie Borwick, 5th Baron Borwick
Crest
Upon a mount Proper in front of a staff raguly erect Azure a stag browsing Or attired Sable.
Escutcheon
Argent three escarbuncles fesswise Sable between as many bears’ heads erased of the last muzzled Or.
Supporters
On either side a bear Sable muzzled and charged on the shoulder with an escarbuncle Or.
Motto
Fugit [9]

References
  1. "Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership Board - Cutting Carbon Output Advisory Group".
  2. Beamish, David. "Clerk of the Parliaments" (PDF). Whole-House Hereditary Peers’ By-election, July 2013: result. House of Lords. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. Beamish, David. "Clerk of the Parliaments" (PDF). Candidature statements. House of Lords. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. "Our trustees". British Lung Foundation. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 443 (BORWICK, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  6. Simpson, Fiona (9 June 2017). "General Election 2017: Labour's Emma Dent Coad wins Kensington seat after THIRD recount". Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. "Borwick, 5 Baron" in "Debrett's People of Today, 2014".
  8. Geoghegan, Peter. "Revealed: Former Vote Leave data chief accused of pro-Tory 'disinformation'". Open Democracy. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  9. Burke's Peerage. 1949.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Hugh Myles Borwick		 Baron Borwick
2007–present		 Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Edwin Borwick
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