Stephen Massey, Baron Massey of Hampstead
The Lord Massey of Hampstead | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2025 | |
| CEO of the Conservative Party | |
| In office November 2022 – December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Leigh Massey September 1957 (age 67) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
Stephen Leigh Massey, Baron Massey of Hampstead (born September 1957[1]) is a British financier. A supporter of Rishi Sunak,[2] he served as chief executive of the Conservative Party from November 2022 to December 2024.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]Massey joined the Conservative Party in 1974.[5] In 1976, he matriculated at Hertford College, Oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics (PPE).[6][7] While studying at the University of Oxford, he served as chair of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1978.[5] He was treasurer of the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) from 2010 to 2022, before serving as its chair in 2022.[8]
Massey was chief executive officer of Prudential-Bache International, a brokerage firm and sub-division of Prudential Securities, from 2001 to 2003.[6][9][10] In December 2003, he joined the board of Eden Financial Limited, a stockbroking and fund management firm.[11] He became Eden's executive chairman the following year.[5][11] Canaccord Genuity bought Eden Financial in September 2012, and Massey was appointed head of its UK wealth management.[12]
As part of Rishi Sunak's Resignation Honours in April 2025, it was announced that he was to be made a life peer;[13][14] he was created as Baron Massey of Hampstead, of Lacock in the County of Wiltshire on 12 May 2025.[15] He was introduced to the House of Lords the next day,[16] where he sits as a Conservative Party peer.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stephen Leigh MASSEY personal appointments". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Croft, Ethan (11 November 2022). "Rishi Sunak donor gets top job with the Tories". The Standard. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "NEWS: Stephen Massey to depart as Chief Executive at Conservative Campaign Headquarters". Conservative Home. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Adu, Aletha (14 June 2024). "Tory party CEO is director at cancer care firm benefiting from NHS waiting lists". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Resignation Peerages April 2025" (PDF). gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Stephen Massey". www.canaccordgenuity.com. Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ "Hertford College Donor Report 2020" (pdf). Hertford College. University of Oxford. 2020. p. 15. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "CFI appoints Hilda Worth as new Chair as Stephen Massey becomes Conservative Party Chief Executive". The Jewish Weekly. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ "Mr Stephen Leigh Massey". The Financial Services Register. Financial Conduct Authority. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Sousley, Marc (7 July 2000). "Prudential-Bache launches European management team". Financial News. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ a b Orton, Ian (3 February 2004). "Eden recruits Pru-Bache International veteran". www.paminsight.com. TheWealthNet. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Canaccord Genuity appoints Eden's Massey as head of UK wealth arm". www.investmentweek.co.uk. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Ferguson, Alasdair (10 April 2025). "Michael Gove to receive peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours". The National. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Resignation Honours and Peerages: April 2025". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "No. 64735". The London Gazette. 15 May 2025. p. 10174.
- ^ "Introduction: Lord Massey of Hampstead". Hansard. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Lord Massey of Hampstead: Parliamentary career". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 May 2025.