Rt Hon. Baroness Susan Veronica Kramer, PC

Member of the House of Lords

 

Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

She served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 2005 to 2010. Prior to this Susan began her career in finance and rose to become Vice-President of Citibank in Chicago and Second Vice-President of Continental Bank USA. She and her husband established Infrastructure Capital Partners, a firm which advised on infrastructure projects, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe.

Throughout her political career, she has been her party’s spokesperson for International Development, Trade and Industry, Transport and the Cabinet Office. After standing down from the House of Commons she was made a life peer and was created Baroness Kramer, of Richmond Park in December 2010. In 2013, Susan was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Transport, which she held until the 2015 General Election. Ever since, she has served as the Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson for the Treasury and Economy.

Susan currently serves as the Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing, the aim is to put whistleblowers at the top of the agenda. The APPG is committed to World Class, Gold Standard whistleblower protection and is undertaking an enquiry into the strength and effectiveness of existing whistleblower legislation before making comprehensive proposals for improvements.