OPIK, Lembit

Member for Montgomeryshire since 1997. Committees: Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Motorcycle Group; Member, All-Party Parliamentary BBC Group; Member, All-Party Parliamentary Bahai Group; Member, All-Party Parliamentary Middle Way Group. Political career: Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform since 2007; Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Wales 2001-07; Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 1999-2007; Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Welsh Affairs 1997-2001; Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Young People 1997-2002; Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Northern Ireland 1997-99; Councillor, Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council 1992-97. Title/Honours/Decorations: Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society 2003. Education: Royal Belfast Academical Institution; University of Bristol, BA Philosophy. Languages spoken: English, Estonian, German. Hobbies: Motorcycling, gliding, aviation, cinema. b. 2 March 1965, Bangor, County Down. Single.