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Tom Harris

Biography

Tom Harris joined HS2 in July 2020 and is a public affairs consultant and a former Labour MP. After serving as a minister in the Department for Transport he led the Scottish Brexit campaign and founded his own company, Third Avenue Public Affairs and was a member of the Expert Challenge Panel supporting the government’s independent Rail review.  Tom was Senior Counsel at Message Matters and his current roles include being a member of the West Coast Partnership Independent Advisory Board, Associate Director at Cogitamus, and is the Lead Non-Executive for the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the office of the Advocate General.

Role

Non-Executive Director