Lord Ashcroft - Chairman of Trustees

Lord Ashcroft, KCMG is an international businessman and philanthropist. He has many, varied business interests with significant investments and participation in both public and private companies in the United Kingdom, United States and Caribbean.

He is Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK and is also Deputy Treasurer of the International Democratic Union. He was Belize's Permanent Representative to the United Nations until April 2000 and is currently economic adviser for the Embassy of Belize to the United States. Alongside his business acumen, Lord Ashcroft also has altruistic endeavours that focus on his areas of particular interest, crime prevention and education. Lord Ashcroft is Chairman of the Trustees of Crimestoppers UK and Chairman of the Trustees of Ashcroft Technology Academy and Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University in the UK.