Career File: Heather Wheeler - Wheeler elected APPG chair

She succeeds Jonathan Evans MP, who stood down from his constituency of Cardiff North at the last election.

Wheeler spent a decade working as a Lloyd’s broker between 1977 and 1987 and is also a qualified Associate of the Charted Insurance Institute, She, is joined by returning officers Lord Hunt of Wirral and Sir Edward Leigh MP, as well as Louise Haigh, the Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley, who was elected a new officer representing the opposition.

Haigh previously worked in for Aviva where she looked after corporate governance, making sure the group had a responsible investment policy. She joins Conservatives Craig Tracey, MP for North Warwickshire & Bedworth and Ranil Jayawardena, MP for North East Hampshire, as new members of the group.