Member of the House of Lords

Member, CSaP Advisory Council

Lord O’Shaughnessy was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health between 2016 and 2018. As Minister he led work on the Life Science Industrial Strategy, a new pricing scheme with the pharmaceutical industry, and chaired the National Genomics Board.

Before joining the House of Lords, James served as No.10 Director of Policy to Prime Minister David Cameron, for whom he worked for four years in opposition and in Government. James co-authored the coalition’s programme for government and James was involved in education reform, including the free school programme.

In 2013, James founded Floreat Education, a multi-academy trust of 3 primary schools in Wandsworth, Wokingham and Brentford that provides an ‘academics and character’ educational philosophy. He held a number of other education and advisory positions.