Tina Stowell Keynote Speaker

Spectator ‘Peer of the Year’ award (2013, 2024)
Leader of the House of Lords & Lord Privy Seal (2014-2016)
Chair, Lords Communications & Digital Committee (2022-2025)

Tina Stowell's Biography

Baroness Tina Stowell is a highly respected political leader, adviser and keynote speaker who helps audiences navigate disruption, rebuild trust, and deliver results in complex environments. With a career spanning government, Parliament and broadcasting, she is known for bringing unlikely people together to achieve outcomes that stand up to scrutiny.

A life peer since January 2011, Tina has held senior ministerial roles including Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (2014-2016). She led the landmark Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act through the House of Lords, and her public service has been recognised with an MBE (1996) and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Nottingham (2016).

Tina served as Chair of the Charity Commission (2018-2021), and co-chaired the Joint Select Committee whose recommendations on the restoration and repair of the Palace of Westminster were accepted by Parliament in February 2018. Alongside her work in parliament, she is a Social Mobility Commissioner and recently sat on the boards of ABTA Ltd and Impellam Group plc.

As Chair of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (2022-2025), Tina led cross-party scrutiny of the tech, media and creative industries – work that included reports on Large Language Models (LLMs), AI-driven scaleups, digital inclusion, the economic impact of the creative industries, and the news industry’s future. She also publishes and convenes conversations beyond Westminster, including her podcast series “Tina talks to… Today’s Britons” and policy work on social and educational divides.

Bridging divides and leading in a low-trust world

Reputation, communications and decision-making under pressure

Trust, accountability and governance in public life

Media ownership, press freedom and democratic resilience

Bridging Divides. Building Coalitions.: Tina Stowell

Tina Stowell MBE - Speaker Showreel

Comments & Testimonials

“Tina took the time to learn about our needs ahead of the talk and tailored her approach to the context of our locality and our learners, ensuring they saw a bit of their lives in the parts of hers she discussed throughout the talk. Students were engaged throughout and felt compelled to ask questions which were brilliantly and honestly fielded by Tina.”

Head of College (East Midlands Sixth Form College)

“Baroness Stowell has supported Deloitte and Enders Analysis at the Media and Telecoms Conference and related events with excellent regulatory and market insight, sharing her deep industry understanding and engagement with CEO level audiences from across the TMT sectors. A big thank you.”

Jolyon Barker Deloitte Global Managing Principal Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Industry group

“Tina Stowell is an excellent public speaker… she has spoken several times, to great acclaim, at the annual Battle of Ideas festival…. She is always meticulously-well prepared and researched but has an accessible and engaging style that draws you in… Highly professional, concise, great fun but serious – I highly recommend Tina.”

Claire Fox Media Commentator, Director of the Academy of Ideas & host of Battle of Ideas Festival

“Tina Stowell has operated at the very apex of the British state, holding senior positions across Whitehall, Parliament and Downing Street itself. She combines serious political nous with an instinctive feel for public opinion… Her policy expertise ranges widely – but she is particularly strong when it comes to digital, media and tech, sectors where she continues to exert genuine influence. A vivid and fluent public speaker, Tina Stowell lifts the lid on the realities of how policy is made, and does so with authority and personality.”

Liam Halligan Telegraph Columnist Broadcaster & Event Moderator