Gregory Barker
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Gregory Barker
Gregory Barker was born and raised in Sussex, so the opportunity to represent Bexhill & Battle means a great deal. Having grown up in the Sussex countryside he is determined to protect our local environment for future generations.
Gregory lives in the heart of the constituency. Educated in Sussex at Steyning Grammar School and Lancing College, Gregory graduated in History, Economic History & Politics from London University. Aged 38, Gregory has over ten years experience of working in the city of London. After the Centre for Policy Studies, in 1988 Gregory started work as a smaller companies analyst for stockbrokers Gerrard Vivian Gray and subsequently became a Corporate Finance Director of the Australian owned International Pacific Securities, specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
In 1997 Gregory became an Associate Partner of the leading financial public relations firm, Brunswick Group Ltd. The following year he was appointed head of International Investor Relations for a major Russian oil company, where he helped lead the company's drive to modernize in the post Soviet economy and open up to Western markets. He returned to Britain in May 2000, to continue as a director of Bartlett Scott Edgar, the recruitment advertising business, of which he helped lead a management buy in in 1998. The company was sold to TMP Worldwide in 2001.
Gregory was elected Conservative member of parliament for Bexhill and Battle in June 2001. He has also served in the Territorial Army (HAC) and in 2003 completed the Armed Forces parliamentary scheme. Gregory has been a member of the Environmental Audit select committee since 2001, and in November 2003 was appointed to the Opposition Front Bench as a Conservative whip.
Gregory was appointed Shadow Environment Minister in December, 2005, after the election of David Cameron M.P. as the Conservative Party leader. Gregory will be working on issues such as climate change and the challenges facing the UK energy market.
