Claire Coutinho
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Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho (born 8 July 1985) is a British politician and former investment banker who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since August 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Surrey since the 2019 general election. Prior to her current role, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing from October 2022 to August 2023 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People from September to October 2022. She has been described as a close ally of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and as an ardent supporter of Brexit.
Claire Coutinho | |
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Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | |
Assumed office 31 August 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Grant Shapps |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing | |
In office 28 October 2022 ā 31 August 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Kelly Tolhurst |
Succeeded by | David Johnston |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work | |
In office 21 September 2022 ā 28 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Chloe Smith |
Succeeded by | Tom Pursglove |
Member of Parliament for East Surrey | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sam Gyimah |
Majority | 24,040 (40.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho (1985-07-08) 8 July 1985 (age 38) London, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Website | Official website |
After graduating in mathematics and philosophy from Exeter College, Oxford, Coutinho worked as an associate at the investment bank Merrill Lynch for nearly four years, and co-founded, with food writer Mina Holland, a literary-themed events company called The Novel Diner. She also worked the centre-right think tank Centre for Social Justice and at the industry group Housing and Finance Institute created by Natalie Elphicke, and for accounting firm KPMG as a corporate responsibility manager. She left KPMG to become a special adviser at HM Treasury; initially working for Julian Smith, she then became an aide to Rishi Sunak.