Chairman
Lord Fowler took over as the Chairman of The Thomson Foundation’s Board of Trustees in September 2007.
Lord (Norman) Fowler, a former journalist with The Times newspaper, held various cabinet posts in Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government, including Secretary of State for Transport (1981), Secretary of State for Social Services (1981-1987) and Secretary of State for Employment (1987-1990). He became a life peer in 2001.
He first began working for The Times in 1961 after leaving Cambridge University. He was special correspondent from 1962-1966 and home affairs correspondent from 1966 until 1970 when he left the paper and became a member of parliament.
Lord Fowler became a Thomson Foundation trustee in 2003.