Lord Leigh of Hurley

Senior Partner

Lord Leigh co-founded Cavendish Corporate Finance in 1988 following several years working as a Chartered Accountant specialising in taxation and M&A.

Howard served as Chairman of the Faculty of Corporate Finance of the ICAEW, earning him the Faculty’s Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Finance Award in 2008.

He was elevated to the Peerage as Lord Leigh of Hurley in 2013 and speaks regularly in the House of Lords on business, finance and tax matters. He has served as the Chairman of the Finance Bill Select Committee of the Economic Affairs Committee accompanying the Prime Minister on the trade trip to China.

Howard chairs a number of charitable concerns and was appointed a Treasurer of the Conservative Party in 2000, and subsequently as Senior Treasurer.