Rt Hon George Osborne CH

George Osborne served as the Conservative Member of the House of Commons for Tatton, Cheshire from 2001 to 2017. He is currently editor of the London Evening Standard and the Chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, a not-for-profit organisation he established with business and civic leaders to promote economic development in the North of England. He is the inaugural Kissinger Fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership and is an adviser to BlackRock Investment Institute. George served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 - one of the longest periods anyone has held the office. Following the successful election of a Conservative Government in 2015, he served as First Secretary of State. As a prominent campaigner for Britain to remain in the EU, George left the government in July 2016 following the outcome of the referendum. During his time as Chancellor the fortunes of the British economy dramatically improved, and George left office with the strongest