SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL
Christopher Geidt is a Member of the House of Lords, a Privy Counsellor and a Permanent Lord in Waiting to The Queen.
After a career predominantly in public service, Christopher currently holds appointments including Chairman for International Relations and Corporate Responsibility at Schroders plc, Chairman of King’s College London and Chairman of The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. An earlier career in the armed forces and diplomatic service – including postings in Sarajevo, Geneva and Brussels – was followed by fifteen years in the Royal Household, where he served for a decade as The Queen’s Private Secretary.
Christopher studied International Relations at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and at Magdalen College, Oxford, of which he is an Honorary Fellow. He first graduated in War Studies from King’s College London, of which he is a Fellow. Christopher is also an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple and a former Fisher Family Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
