Diana Barran, Baroness Barran
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Assumed office 2 July 2018 Life Peerage | |
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Born | 10 February 1959 |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Diana Francesca Caroline Clare Barran, Baroness Barran, MBE (born 10 February 1959) is a British charity campaigner, former hedge fund manager and Conservative Party life peer. She is the founder of the domestic abuse awareness charity SafeLives and served as its chief executive from 2004 to 2017.
Early life and education
Diana Barran attended Benenden School in Kent. She then studied at King's College, Cambridge, graduating with a bachelor's degree in history.[3]
Career
Her career in the finance industry began from 1980 to 1983 as an analyst and fund manager for Europe at
Barran worked as an investment banker in London and Paris for
Barran is a former
On 26 July 2019, Barran was appointed
Barran assumed the "loneliness portfolio" in 2019, taking on the role of "Minister of Loneliness" that former Prime Minister Theresa May established in 2018, which had previously been held by Tracey Crouch and Mims Davies. The position aimed to address the crisis of loneliness in British society that a 2017 commission initiated by Jo Cox had investigated.[7] According to the British Red Cross, more than 9 million people in the UK feel lonely.[8]
On 17 September 2021, Barran was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System at the Department for Education, in the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.[9] She was reappointed to this position by Liz Truss. She was reappointed by Rishi Sunak but the portfolio changed to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance.[10]
Personal life
Barran is married with four children.
Honours and awards
In the
In May 2018, it was announced that she will be conferred a
Barran was on the list of the BBC's 100 Women announced on 23 November 2020.[18]
Notes
- ^ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School and College System from 17 September 2021 to 26 October 2022.
References
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ a b "'Why abused women need more than refuges'". The Guardian. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ The Evening Standard. 11 December 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Meet the team: Diana Barran". Comic Relief. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Birnstengel, Grace. "Two years after hiring a Minister of Loneliness, people in the U.K. are still lonely". MarketWatch. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Barran". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Julian Barran". Tretyakov Gallery Magazine. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "LIST OF MINISTERS' INTERESTS" (PDF). gov.uk. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 13.
- ^ "Queen confers Peerages". gov.uk. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Dan Sabbagh (18 May 2018). "May names nine new Tory peers to boost party after Brexit defeats". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "No. 62337". The London Gazette. 27 June 2018. p. 11404.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2020: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
External links
- Diana Barran, Baroness Barran on Twitter