What’s George Osborne Doing Now?

George Osborne has been chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP) since 2016 and of the British Museum since 2021.

George Gideon Oliver Osborne CH is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of Parliament for Tatton from 2001 to 2017.

The son of the Osborne & Little co-founder and baronet Peter Osborne, Osborne was born in Paddington and educated at Norland Place School, Colet Court, and St Paul’s School before studying at Magdalen College, Oxford. After working briefly as a freelancer for The Daily Telegraph, he joined the Conservative Research Department in 1994 and became head of its political section.

Osborne was elected as MP for Tatton in 2001, becoming the youngest Conservative member of the House of Commons. He was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Conservative leader Michael Howard in 2004. The following year he ran David Cameron’s successful party leadership campaign and was subsequently appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

After the Conservatives won an overall majority in the 2015 general election, Cameron reappointed him Chancellor in his second government and gave him the additional title of First Secretary of State.

Following the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union and Cameron’s consequent resignation, he was dismissed by Cameron’s successor, Theresa May.