Ajay Kakkar

Summary

The Right Honourable Professor Lord Ajay Kakkar is a Member of the Board of Trustees at the United Arab Emirates University.

Current positions

• Member— Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council since 2014
• Life Peer (Crossbench Member)— House of Lords since 2010
• GovernmentMember of the Board of Trustees— United Arab Emirates University

Career

1. 2016 – 2022
   Chairman

   Judicial Appointments Commission
2. 2013 – 2018
   Chairman

   House of Lords Appointments Commission
3. 2012 – 2018
   Prime Minister's Business Ambassador for Healthcare and Life Sciences

   UK Government
4. Chair

   King's Health Partners
5. Chair of the Board of Trustees

   The King's Fund
6. Chair of the Board of Trustees

   UK Biobank
7. Chairman

   UCL Partners Academic Health Science Partnership
8. Co-Chair of Bilateral Working Group for Health

   UAE-UK Business Council
9. Director

   Thrombosis Research Institute
10. Emeritus Professor of Surgery

    University College London
11. Member

    UAE-UK Business Council
12. President

    Thrombosis Research Institute
13. Professor of Surgery

    University College London

Education

1. Alleyn's School
2. King's College London
3. Medical degree

   King's College Hospital Medical School
4. PhD

   Imperial College London

Honours

• Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)2024
• Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (PC)2014
• Life Peer (Baron Kakkar)2010
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London)
• Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand
• Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Honorary Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of India
• Honorary Fellow of Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
• Honorary Bencher of the Most Honourable Society of Middle Temple

Early life and background

He was born on 28 April 1964 in Dartford.