Richard Howitt | |
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Cambridgeshire County Councillor for Petersfield | |
Assumed office 6 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Linda Jones |
Majority | 878 (22.5%) |
Member of the European Parliament for the East of England Essex South (1994-1999) | |
In office 9 June 1994 – 2 November 2016 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Alex Mayer |
Personal details | |
Born | Reading, Berkshire | 5 April 1961
Political party | PES / Labour |
Children | Ollie Howitt-Sutton, Georgia Howitt-Sutton |
Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Richard Stuart Howitt (born 5 April 1961) is a British Labour Party politician, and a former[1] Chief Executive Officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council. For five years prior to becoming CEO of the IIRC, he acted as a voluntary IIRC Ambassador, promoting Integrated Reporting within the policy and business communities. He took over from the previous CEO Paul Druckman.[2] He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for 22 years between 1994 and 2016.