John Nash, Baron Nash

The Lord Nash
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School System
In office
7 January 2013 – 28 September 2017
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Hill of Oareford
Succeeded byThe Lord Agnew of Oulton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
21 January 2013
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1949-03-22) 22 March 1949 (age 75)
EducationMilton Abbey School, Dorset
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Occupationinvestor

John Alfred Stoddard Nash, Baron Nash (born 22 March 1949)[1] is a Venture Capitalist, also formerly a Conservative Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools.[2] Nash was chair of the British Venture Capital Association (1988–89),[1] on the board of the Conservative think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies and a Trustee of the Education Policy Institute.[3] With his wife, Caroline Nash, he founded the charity Future, which was appointed by the Labour Government in 2008[4] to sponsor Future Academies, a trust managing school academies in London and Hertfordshire with a total of 7000 pupils;[5] he is joint chairman of the governors of Pimlico Academy, one of the institutions run by Future Academies. Future also supports other organisations focussed on less advantaged children and young people.[6]

  1. ^ a b Debrett's John Nash, Esq
  2. ^ Lord Nash
  3. ^ Centre for Policy Studies, cps board
  4. ^ Benn, Melissa (23 October 2007). "What kind of future is this?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Future Academies Website". Future Academies. December 2023.
  6. ^ "Lord Nash". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 December 2023.