Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes
The Lord Carter of Barnes | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting | |
| In office 10 October 2008 – 23 July 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Margaret Hodge |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Follett |
| Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
| Acting 23 January 2008 – 10 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Tom Scholar |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Heywood |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 15 November 2008 – 28 March 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1964 Falkirk, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen, London Business School |
Stephen Andrew Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes, CBE (born 12 February 1964), is a Scottish businessman and politician. Starting his career as graduate trainee rising to CEO of J Walter Thompson UK & Ireland and COO of NTL UK & Ireland (now Virgin Media), in 2003 Carter became the founding CEO of Ofcom (Office of Communications) in the United Kingdom. He was subsequently the group CEO of Brunswick Group from 2007 until 2008, when he stepped down to join the administration of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Initially serving in 2008 as Brown's chief of strategy, principal advisor, and the Acting Downing Street Chief of Staff, he was very briefly Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting for 9 months in 2008-9. Between 2010 and 2013 he held various management positions at Alcatel-Lucent, and in 2013 he became the group CEO of Informa, an information and events company.