Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin

The Right Honourable
 The Lord Filkin
Personal details
Born David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin
1944 (age 67–68)
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Occupation Politician

David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin, Baron Filkin CBE (born 1944) is a British Labour politician.[1][2][3]

Filkin was created a life peer as Baron Filkin, of Pimlico in the City of Westminster, on 29 July 1999.[2][4]

He has held a number of Government offices, first as Lord in Waiting (junior Whip) from June 2001 to May 2002, then as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from May 2002 until June 2003, and then as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Departments for Constitutional Affairs (June 2003 to September 2004) and Education and Skills (September 2004 to May 2005).

Career

In November 2005, Lord Filkin was appointed as advisor to Capgemini's government and public sector division.[5] At that time, the Capgemini portfolio included the £3bn ASPIRE contract with HM Revenue and Customs as well as other major outsourcing and transformation projects within the Home Office, MoD, DfES and at other national, local and regional authorities including the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Executive.

References

  1. ^ Staff. David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin, Baron Filkin, National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2008-10-03
  2. ^ a b Darryl Lundy. Person Page - 19126 thePeerage.com, 14 May 2006. cites "Heraldic Media Ltd., online http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/, Patrick Cracoft-Brennan (Cracroft Peerage Database v5.2), downloaded 1 November 2006." Retrieved 2008-10-03
  3. ^ Staff. Lord Filkin, TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 2008-10-03
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 55573. p. 8457. 5 August 1999. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  5. ^ "Lord Filkin appointed Capgemini government advisor". Management Consultancy. 2005-11-02. http://www.managementconsultancy.co.uk/management-consultancy/news/2145318/lord-filkin-appointed-capgemini. Retrieved 2008-11-24.