British political advisor
Elizabeth Anne Lloyd CBE (born 1971) served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Tony Blair's last administration (2005-2007).
Early life
Lloyd attended Guildford Grammar School (others include former Government minister James Purnell, and communications manager Tim Allan)[1] and Clare College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a BA in Law and History[2] in 1993.
Career
Blair government
Lloyd began working for Tony Blair when he became Labour Leader in 1994. After Blair became Prime Minister in 1997, she became his home-affairs advisor. She later worked in the Foreign Policy area in the Number 10 Policy Unit "the powerhouse of New Labour ideas".[3] She held a number of key coordinating roles in Number 10, and became Deputy Chief of Staff in 2005[2] with responsibility for much of the domestic policy agenda.
Banking
In 2007 she joined Standard Chartered, a London-based bank with a focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East,[4] and was later appointed Group Head of Public Affairs.[2] From 2013 to 2015 she was CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania. In 2015 she was elected Vice-Chair of the Tanzanian Bankers Association. In 2016 she was appointed Group Company Secretary at Standard Chartered in London.[5][2]
Lloyd became a trustee of The Tony Blair Governance Initiative charity in 2009,[6] and later became Chair of Trustees.[7]
Starmer government
In late 2024, some months after Keir Starmer's Labour government was elected, Lloyd was to return to the party as director of policy delivery and innovation.[8]
Personal life
Lloyd married in 2002, and she had two children. Lloyd was made a CBE in the 2008 New Year's Honours list.[2]
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