Adam Afriyie

Adam Afriyie has been Conservative MP for Windsor since 2005. He is currently Chairman of the Select Committee on Members’ Expenses, Chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology and Chairman of the Parliamentary Space Committee. He was Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation from 2007 to 2010.

Before entering Parliament he was a successful entrepreneur.He was a regional finalist in the 2003 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year awards, and in 2005 he sold his controlling interest in DeHavilland Information Services to EMAP plc. In 1993 he was founding director of an IT services company pioneering fixed-price support. Connect was recognised in the Virgin Sunday Times Fasttrack 100 of Britain’s fastest growing private companies in 2002, and he now acts as non-executive Chairman.