Geoffrey Robert James "Jamie" Borwick

Who is Geoffrey Robert James "Jamie" Borwick?

Geoffrey Robert James "Jamie" Borwick, 5th Baron Borwick is a British businessman, hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.

Jamie Borwick was Chief Executive of Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC, known for the manufacture of the London Taxi, from 1987 to 2001 and then Chairman until 2003.

He was founder and owner of electric truck producer Modec in Coventry in 2004. The company closed in 2011. He was Chairman of Route2Mobility Ltd, funding wheelchairs and scooters for disabled people as part of the UK's Motability scheme, until October 2010. He was also a Deputy Chairman of the board of British Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.

His other business appointments include as Chairman of Countryside Properties Ltd, Managing Director of Love Lane Investments Ltd and Chairman of Federated Trust Corporation Ltd. He was a non-executive Director of Hansa Trust plc from 1984 till 2012.

He is a trustee of the British Lung Foundation and of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Charity.

Lord Borwick married Victoria Poore, current Conservative London Assembly member and Deputy Mayor of London, in 1981; they have three sons and a daughter.

On 16 July 2013, Lord Borwick was elected to sit in the House of Lords at a hereditary peers' by-election in place of the late Lord Reay. He sits as a Conservative.