Miriam González Durántez, Lady Clegg[1][2][3] (born 31 May 1968) is a Spanish international trade lawyer, vice chair of UBS Europe, and founder of Inspiring Girls.
Her father, José Antonio González Caviedes, was also Mayor of Olmedo and served as a senator for Valladolid for the conservative People's Party (PP) from 1989 until he died in 1996.
[4] She studied law at the University of Valladolid and then won a postgraduate scholarship to the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.
[6][7] González Durántez is considered an expert on European Union law and regulation, and co-authored the book Regulatory Aspects of the WTO Telecoms Agreements.
Since October 2013 González Durántez has been the honorary president of Canning House in London, the home of the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Council.
[11] Active globally in 14 countries, the charity aims to raise the aspirations of young girls by connecting them with female role models.
González Durántez dated the British politician Nick Clegg for several years in Brussels before they married in 2000.