Nicky Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes read law at St Hugh’s College, Oxford and qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and worked as a corporate lawyer at Theodore Goddard and Allen & Overy specialising in mergers and acquisitions before becoming a professional support lawyer (rather like in-house counsel) at Travers Smith advising on corporate law matters.
Nicky was a Conservative MP between 2010 and 2019, she was elected as the MP for Loughborough and was re-elected in 2015 and 2017. Nicky stood down at the 2019 election and was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer.
Nicky has held many high offices of State and Ministerial positions over the last decade, including:
• Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Secretary of State for Education
• Minister for Women and Equalities
• Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Chair of the Treasury Select Committee