1 | Name: | Lord David Sainsbury of Turville | |
Institution: | United Kingdom | ||
Year Elected: | 2001 | ||
Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | ||
Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | ||
Residency: | International | ||
Living? : | Living | ||
Birth Date: | 1940 | ||
Lord Sainsbury is a man of broad culture, keen intellect and pleasant, modest personality. He successfully managed a major industrial company in England and advanced the Sainsbury family tradition of being an outstandingly responsible and generous concerned citizen of the United Kingdom. Turning to public service, he has served on several U.K. government missions and was appointed in 1998 as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science with responsibility for the Office of Science and Technology, Research Councils and space matters. He retired as a Minister in November 2006 and now concentrates on his charitable activities, the foremost of which is the Gatsby Foundation. He was elected to Chancellor of Cambridge University in 2011. |