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Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement

Lord Drayson was appointed as Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement, and as Government Spokesman for Defence to the House of Lords in May 2005.

Born in 1960, Lord Drayson was educated at St Dunstan's College, London, and Aston University. He took a BSc(Hons) in Production engineering, followed in 1985 by a PhD in Robotics. From 1986-1991 he was Managing Director of Lambourn Food Company. In 1993 he co-founded PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc in Oxford, and was Chief Executive until 2003. Between 2001 and 2002 he was the Chairman of the BioIndustry Association, and has been Chairman of the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign since 2002. Since 2003, he has been the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Said Business School, Oxford University.

Paul Rudd Drayson is married with five children (two daughters and three sons). His hobbies include motor racing, and fencing.

He was raised to the peerage as Baron Drayson, of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in May 2004.

Responsibilities

  • Acquisition, including:
    • Policy
    • The forward Equipment Programme
    • Equipment and logistics support project approvals
    • Equipment disposals
    • Nuclear procurement and disposal (including the Atomic Weapons Establishment)
    • Defence Procurement Agency
    • Defence Logistics Organisation acquisition
    • Defence industrial issues
    • International collaboration
  • Defence science and technology, including:
    • Policy
    • International collaboration
    • Defence Science and Technology Laboratories
    • QinetiQ
  • Defence exports, including:
    • Policy
    • Defence Export Services Organisation
    • Marketing campaigns
  • Defence issues in the House of Lords

Last Updated: 26 May 05