The Lord Mendelsohn of Finchley, Patron

Lord Mendelsohn is a Labour Life Peer and Patron of the Adam Smith Institute. He brings a wealth of both political and commercial experience to our work.

Lord Mendelsohn became a Peer in September 2013 and sits as a Labour Working Peer in the House of Lords. He was Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Shadow Minister for International Trade from 2016–2018, having previously been Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2015–2016 and was a member of the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee from 2019–2021.

He formerly served as a Policy and Communications Adviser to the Rt. Hon Tony Blair MP (1995–1997) and also served as Director of General Election Resources (2007–2010) and as an Assistant Treasurer of the Labour Party (2009–2011).

Lord Mendelsohn is the Chairman of Evoke Plc, the owner and operator of the 888 and William Hill businesses. He was formerly a Partner at Oakvale Capital, a corporate finance boutique. He serves as adviser to a number of companies and is also Senior Adviser to Value Retail Plc, the owner and operator of Bicester Village and shopping villages across Europe and China and soon the US. He is also an entrepreneur and investor with interests in sectors including agritech, energy, leisure and technology.

He serves as the President of the Commonwealth Jewish Council and a Director of the UK Abraham Accords Group.