Geoffrey Robert James Borwick, 5th Baron Borwick (born 7 March 1955) is a British businessman,

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and

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of the

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Early life

Jamie Borwick was born on 7 March 1955. He was educated at

Sandroyd School Sandroyd School is an independent co-educational preparatory school for day and boarding pupils aged 2 to 13 in the south of Wiltshire, England. The school's main building is Rushmore House, a 19th-century country house which is surrounded by the ...

and

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Career

Borwick became

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(from 1987 to 2001) of Manganese Bronze Holdings plc, best known for making

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s, and then Chairman until 2003. Borwick was founder and owner of

electric truck An electric truck is an electric vehicle powered by batteries designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Electric trucks have serviced niche applications like milk floats, pushback tugs and f ...

producer

Modec Modec was an electric vehicle manufacturer in Coventry, in the United Kingdom, specialising in Commercial vehicles in the N2 category. It unveiled its first model in April 2006 and announced its intention to commence series production in Ma ...

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in 2004. The company entered administration in March 2011 with debts of over £40m. He was Chairman of Route2Mobility Ltd, funding

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s and

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for disabled people as part of the UK's Motability scheme, until October 2010. He was also a Deputy Chairman of the board of British Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. His other business appointments include as

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of Countryside Properties (Bicester) Ltd, and Chairman of Federated Trust Corporation Ltd. He was a

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of Hansa Trust plc from 1984 until 2012. On 16 July 2013, Lord Borwick was elected to sit in the

at a hereditary peers by-election in replacement of the late

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; he sits on the

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benches.

Philanthropy

Borwick is a Trustee of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity, having retired from the British Lung Foundation after 2 terms of 6 years as Trustee.

Personal life

Borwick married Victoria Poore in 1981, who is a former

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Member and Deputy Mayor of London, and, from 2015 to 2017, MP for Kensington; they have three sons and a daughter."Borwick, 5 Baron" in "Debrett's People of Today, 2014". One of their sons is Thomas Borwick, a digital media strategist for the Conservative Party and the

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campaign.

Arms

References

External links

Interview with Jamie, Lord Borwick at ''Financial Times''Interview with Jamie, Lord Borwick at ''REAL BUSINESS''''The Lady Borwick MP'' at UK Parliament website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borwick, Jamie 1955 births Living people People educated at Sandroyd School People educated at Eton College British founders of automobile manufacturers 5 Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999