Lords' Registered Interests
35 registered interests in the House of Lords register
Senior Adviser to International High-Speed Rail Association, Tokyo
Regular columnist, Japan Times (interest ceased 18 May 2023)
Book royalties received from various publishers
Visit to Washington DC, USA, 22-24 February 2018, to launch new branch of Royal Commonwealth Society; costs met by hosts
Member, High Level Group on Commonwealth Governance (interest ceased 3 April 2019)
Visit to Normandy, France, 3 & 4 March 2016, to observe EDF Flamanville nuclear power station with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy; cost of Eurostar travel and accommodation met by EDF
Visit to Beirut, 16-18 September 2015 as guest of Carnegie Foundation to speak at their energy conference and meet Ministers; cost of visit and return travel met by Carnegie Foundation
Guest at Gala Lunch given by Conservative Middle East Council, 4 June 2015
Member, Advisory Board of Crystol Energy (advisers to developing countries on energy issues)
Visit to Cairo, 13 -16 June 2014, as member of a parliamentary delegation from both Houses to meet the new President, government ministers, religious leaders, British Council, IPU and representatives of civil society in Egypt and discuss developments taking place in the run up to parliamentary elections; entire cost of visit (air fares, hotel, meals and local travel) was paid for by British University in Egypt
Chairman, Commonwealth Exchange (Commonwealth-focussed London-based think tank) (interest ceased 13 June 2017)
President, Royal Commonwealth Society (registered charity) (interest ceased 13 April 2021)
Member of the Governing Board, Centre for Global Energy Studies
Consultant to Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV
Member, UK Advisory Committee to the Kuwait Investment Office (the member's annual earnings for this work fall within the £20,000 - £30,000 band)
Member, Economic Advisory Group to the British Chambers of Commerce (interest ceased 13 April 2021)
Member of the Economic Advisory Group to the British Chambers of Commerce
Personal and Informal Adviser on Energy and Resource Security to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary
Chairman, Windsor Energy Group
Adviser to Japan Central Railways Ltd