Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Bottomley is the Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone and a member of the House of Lords, and the wife of Member of Parliament Peter Bottomley. She formerly served as Secretary of State for National Heritage, under John Major, as and a Conservative Party MP.

While in Parliament, she served as an officer of the following parliamentary groups:

• Childhood and Adult Sexual Abuse APPG
• Pharmaceutical Industry APPG
• Social Science and Policy APPG
• Tourism APPG
• Town and Country APPG

Affiliations

• Director, Bupa
• Chancellor, University of Hull
• Council, London School of Economics
• Advisory Trustee, International Business Leaders Forum
• Trustee, The Economist newspaper
• Governor, Ditchley Foundation
• Patron, Volunteering England
• Director of International Resources Group Limited, where she is Chair of Board & CEO Practice at Odgers Berndtson.
• Member of the International Advisory Council of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.
• Chancellor of University of Hull
• Sheriff of Kingston upon Hull
• Director, Smith & Nephew plc

Register of Members Interests

1. Remunerated directorships

Member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel; Dutch multinational company.

International Resources Group Ltd. (Odgers Ray and Berndston); executive recruitment consultancy.

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Partner: Odgers Ray and Berndtson.

6. Overseas visits

October 2002, to Canada, to address Ditchley Conference on future of health care funding. Travel and accommodation paid for by Ditchley Foundation. (Registered 22 October 2002)

8. Land and Property

Income from house sharing in London and occasional holiday letting of properties in Isle of Wight and Surrey.