Here is the latest nomination in our series highlighting people David Cameron should consider appointing to the House of Lords.
If you would like to nominate someone, please email Jonathan Isaby with your suggestion, ideally including key arguments for the nomination as well as biographical information. The sources of nominations will be treated confidentially where requested.
No. 13: Simon Wolfson
Biodun writes:
"Simon Wolfson’s superb media performances in the last six months, most notably on Question Time, have shown him to be a clever, well-informed and gifted communicator.
"In 2001, aged 33, he became the youngest chief executive of a FTSE 100 company at Next.
"Apart from his wealth of experience as a businessman, he is also a committed campaigner against unnecessary EU regulation and was one of those who spearheaded the “Vote No” Campaign against the European Constitution which sponsored much of the lobbying that resulted in the Irish “No” against the Lisbon Treaty last year.
"He was a donor to David Cameron's leadership campaign and co-chaired the Economic Competitiveness Policy Group with John Redwood. Their findings informed George Osborne’s inheritance tax announcement during conference in 2007 - the one that ended the Brown bounce and left Labour trailing us in the polls.
"I would be glad to see him join his father and his cousin, Lords Wolfson of Sunningdale and Marylebone respectively on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords."
> Yesterday's nomination: Sir Tim Rice
