Lord Stockwood was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Investment) jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury on 6 September 2025.

Prior to entering government, Lord Stockwood held leadership and board roles at Simply Business, Match.com, Skyscanner, and lastminute.com. He also invested in early-stage technology companies and was a limited partner in several venture funds.

Lord Stockwood is the co-owner and former Chair of Grimsby Town Football Club. He co-founded Our Future, a charity established with local leaders to support long-term renewal in post-industrial towns.

Lord Stockwood has been a Transformational Leadership Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. In 2018, he published ‘Reboot: A Blueprint for Happy, Human Business in the Digital Age’ and he has written articles for national newspapers on football, politics, and society.