Tina Stowell, also known as Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE, is committed to bridging social divides to get the best results in a world of growing distrust. With decades of experience in political, media and public spheres as the former leader of the House of Lords, Tina knows what it takes to encourage and implement real change, uniting people to deliver success.
Growing up working class, Tina pursued a brighter future, joining the UK Ministry of Defence. She then moved to the British Embassy in Washington, US, for three years before returning to the UK to serve as an assistant to the Press Secretary at 10 Downing Street. Tina progressed to Deputy Chief of Staff to William Hague, the leader of the Conservative Party at the time. After four years, she moved to the BBC, where she served in several senior roles, exiting as the Head of Corporate Affairs. Tina returned to politics, this time in the House of Lords, moving through various positions such as Leader of the House, Lord Privy Seal and Cabinet Minister, then most recently as Chair of Communications and Digital Select Committee. She has served as a peer since 2011. Other roles throughout her career include Chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and Non-Executive Director for ABITA and Impellam Group. From 2023, she has been Commissioner of the Social Mobility Commission.
Alongside her illustrious career, Tina has been honoured with various awards. She was awarded an MBE in 1996, and on her elevation to the House of Lords, was bestowed the title Baroness Stowell of Beeston. In 2013, as the Minister responsible for Equal Marriage Legislation in the House of Lords, she was named PinkNews and Stonewall’s Politician of the Year, as well as Spectator Magazine's Peer of the Year. In 2016, Tina was given an honorary doctorate from Nottingham University, and in 2024, was again named Spectator Magazine's Peer of the Year.
Speaking with authority, clarity, and practicality, Tina delivers straight-talking insights driven by real stories and actionable lessons learned over her years of bringing together unlikely people to achieve genuine results. From leading essential legislation, preventing foreign governments from controlling British news organisations, to turning around the decline of public trust in the charity sector, Tina provides audiences with the tools to tackle challenges once thought impossible.
Tina Stowell's official speaking topics are listed below:
Between the Ballot and the Bot
Trust, Technology, and Customers in an Age of Forced Digital Change
- As AI and automation become unavoidable, many customers experience digital change as something done to them. Tina shows leaders how enforced technology affects trust—and how to introduce AI in ways that preserve credibility, empathy, and enhance long-term customer relationships.
Understanding People. Earning Trust. Bridging Divides.
Leadership in an Age of Distrust and Disruption
- Why has trust broken down—and how can we earn it back? Tina helps leaders understand scepticism, disengagement, and resistance, and shows how to build confidence through credibility, consistency, and understanding.
Making Change Happen in a Polarised World
How to Bring People With You—Even When the Odds Are Against You
- Change fails when people don’t come with it. Drawing on real-world experience and research with Yonder Consulting, Tina shows how leaders build credibility, overcome resistance, and mobilise people to deliver results.
- 2025 – Keynote Speaker
- 2024 – Spectator Magazine’s Peer of the Year
- 2023 – Social Mobility Commissioner
- 2022 – Chair, Communications & Digital Committee, House of Lords
- 2018 – Chair, Charity Commission
- 2017 – Non-Executive Director Impellam Group plc
- 2017 – Non-Executive Director ABTA
- 2016 – Honorary Doctorate, Nottingham University
- 2014 – Cabinet Minister and Leader of the House of Lords
- 2013 – Minister, Department for Communities
- 2013 – Spectator Magazine’s Peer of the Year
- 2013 – Stonewall’s Politician of the Year
- 2013 – PinkNews’ Politician of the Year
- 2013 – Minister responsible for Equal Marriage Legislation in the House of Lords
- 2011 – Government Minister
- 2010 – Elevated to the House of Lords, taking the title Baroness Stowell of Beeston
- 2008 – BBC Head of Corporate Affairs
- 2003 – BBC Head of Communications
- 2001 – BBC Deputy Secretary
- 1998 – Deputy Chief of Staff to William Hague (Leader of the Conservative Party)
- 1996 – Personal Assistant to Sir David Frost
- 1996 – Awarded MBE in HM Queen’s Birthday Honours
- 1991 – 10 Downing Street Press Office
- 1988 – British Embassy Washington
- 1986 – UK Ministry of Defence
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