Katie Lam
Katie Lam | |
|---|---|
| Born | Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, banking professional, lyricist, scriptwriter |
| Years active | –present |
| Known for | Member of Parliament for Weald of Kent (since 2024) |
Katie Jane Lotte Lam (born August 1991) is a British politician affiliated with the Conservative Party and a former banking professional. Since 2024, she has represented Weald of Kent as its Member of Parliament.[1] In addition to her political and financial career, she is also known for her work as a lyricist and scriptwriter.
Early life
Lam completed her secondary education at Guildford County School, where she held the position of head girl. Her paternal lineage includes Dutch Jewish ancestry on her grandfather’s side, while her grandmother's family came from Germany and featured a left-wing senator representing Saxony. To escape political oppression, her grandmother’s family moved to England. Tragically, the majority of her grandfather’s relatives were victims of the Holocaust. Her paternal grandparents first met while distributing leaflets for the Labour Party during the 1940s.[2] She pursued classical studies at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she was elected president of the Cambridge Union and chaired the Cambridge University Conservative Association.[3]
Career
Following her university education, Lam spent six years at Goldman Sachs, advancing to the role of vice president. Subsequently, she worked as a special adviser in various government departments, supporting ministers such as Boris Johnson, Suella Braverman, and Alok Sharma.[4][2] During the 2024 Conservative Party leadership election, she endorsed Robert Jenrick.[2]
Lam has also held significant positions in the private sector, including Chief Policy Adviser at PR agency Portland Communications and Chief of Staff at the artificial intelligence company Faculty. She contributes as a governor at the Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children located in King's Cross and previously served as a trustee for the Ivors Academy Trust, which is the charitable foundation connected to professional songwriters’ organisation The Ivors Academy.[5]
Musical career
Together with Alex Parker, Lam has co-created five musicals, one of which is an adaptation based on The Railway Children.
Additional resources
- ↑ "Weald of Kent | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSpectatorWWB - ↑ "The former Boris Johnson aide picked for new Weald of Kent seat rated one of country's safest". Kent Online. 5 September 2023.
- ↑ Atkinson, William (2023-08-23). "Weald of Kent. 'Impressive' Lam selected by an association that wanted a 'first-rate candidate' to 'make the area proud'". Conservative Home. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ↑ "ABOUT US". PARKER + LAM. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- UK MPs 2024–present
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- British special advisers
- Living people
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- 1991 births
- Jewish English politicians
- Conservative Party (UK) officials
- Goldman Sachs people