Jitesh Gadhia, Baron Gadhia

Gadhia studied economics at the University of Cambridge and the London Business School, where he was a Sloan Fellow.

[2] Gadhia is a senior managing director at The Blackstone Group, a US private equity firm.

[2][5] In September 2017, Gadhia was appointed a non-executive director of fracking company Third Energy,[7] though questions were raised about a potential conflict of interest when the company was late publishing its annual results, amid concerns about its financial resilience and ability to fund clean-up costs.

[10][3] In August 2016 it was announced that he was to be made a life peer in as part of Cameron's Resignation Honours list.

[11] In the afternoon of 31 August he was created Baron Gadhia, of Northwood in the County of Middlesex.