Bim Afolami
Son of a doctor and pharmacist, Bim Afolami was educated at Eton College and Oxford University, where he studied History. He was first elected in June 2017 as the Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, after a career in the City of London; first as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and SImpson Thacher & Bartlett, then as a senior executive at HSBC. He is a Vice Chair of the Conservative Party, and also chairs the all party group on Financial Markets and Services, as well as the all party group on Renewable and Sustainable Energy.
Bim is patron of several charities focused on opportunities for young people - in particular Tilehouse Counselling and GRIT (Growing Resilience in Teens) both based in Hitchin, and Harpenden Spotlight on Africa, a Harpenden based charity that works to build and run schools and maternity services in a poor part of rural Uganda.