Gordon Borrie, Baron Borrie

Born in Croydon, he was educated at John Bright Grammar School, Llandudno, North Wales.

He chaired the Labour Party's Commission on Social Justice from 1992 to 1994 and was created a life peer as Baron Borrie, of Abbots Morton in the County of Hereford and Worcester on 21 December 1995.

He was also president of the Institute of Trading Standards from 1992 to 1996, and was chairman of the Direct Marketing Authority from 1997 to 2000.

[6][7] By investigating the division between brokers and jobbers at the London Stock Exchange while at the OFT,[8][9] Borrie set in motion events which would lead to Big Bang in 1986.

By forcing breweries to sell their extensive pub estates, he is credited with increasing competition and diversity in the industry.