Peter Lilley was a Partner of a major City firm, responsible for Investment in the energy industries, before entering Parliament. He served as a Treasury Minister – negotiating the first ‘passporting’ Directive - before serving in Mrs Thatcher’s and John Major’s Cabinets as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and then Social Security. He was involved in negotiating the last successful international trade deal and was responsible for implementing the Single Market programme. More recently he served on the Select Committee on Exiting the European Union. He is a Director of Idox plc and on the Advisory Board of YiMei Capital in Shanghai.