Baroness Vere was appointed Treasury Lords Minister on 14th November 2023. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from 23rd April 2019, and Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting) prior to that. Before entering politics, Charlotte spent 4 years as the Executive Director of the Girls’ Schools Association, including 6 months as the General Secretary of the Independent Schools Council. Prior to that she was the CEO of Big White Wall, an online mental health service, and Finance Director at Recruit Media, a digital recruitment agency. Her early career was spent in investment banking. Baroness Vere holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. As Treasury Lords Minister, Baroness Vere’s responsibilities include international climate and nature finance, ESG in financial services, green finance, women in finance, economic security and illicit finance.