About Francis Maude:
Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, and as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Horsham. In February 2015, he announced he would be standing down at the next general election. On 11 May 2015, Maude was appointed as Minister of State for Trade and Investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and his elevation to the House of Lords as a Life Peer was announced on 14 May. He was subsequently created Baron Maude of Horsham, of Shipley in the County of West Sussex on 26 May 2015.