Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel is a British Labour Party politician and life peer.

Life and career

Simon Haskel was born in Lithuania, and educated at Sedbergh School and Salford College of Advanced Technology, where he graduated with a BSc in Textile Technology. He then built up his own national and international textile firm, the Perrotts Group Plc.
Haskel was created a life peer in the House of Lords on 4 October 1993, taking the title Baron Haskel, of Higher Broughton in the County of Greater Manchester. He served as a Lord-in-Waiting in the first Blair ministry from May 1997 to August 1998.
His son, Jonathan Haskel, is a professor of economics at Imperial College Business School and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.