The Lord Massey of Hampstead | |
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 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 12 May 2025 | |
| CEO of the Conservative Party | |
| In office November 2022 – December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Leigh Massey September 1957 (age 68) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
Stephen Leigh Massey, Baron Massey of Hampstead (born September 1957[1]) is a Britishfinancier andpolitician. A supporter ofRishi Sunak,[2] he served as chief executive of theConservative Party from November 2022 to December 2024.[3][4]
Massey was born in London.
A fluent French speaker, he was educated at theLycee Francais de Londres. In 1976, he matriculated atHertford College, Oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics (PPE). While studying at theUniversity of Oxford, he served as President of theOxford University Conservative Association in 1978.
He continued his political activism after University, active in Hampstead and Highgate and subsequently became Chairman and remains Patron of the Association.
As a student, he carried out research forPeter Walker MP and later forWilliam Waldegrave MP.
He was treasurer of theConservative Friends of Israel (CFI) from 2010 to 2022, before serving as its chair in 2022.[5]
He was appointed as Chief Executive of theConservative Party from November 2022 to December 2024.
As part of Rishi Sunak’s Resignation Honours in April 2025,[6] it was announced that he was to be made a life peer; he was created as Baron Massey of Hampstead, ofLacock in the County ofWiltshire on 12 May 2025. He was introduced to theHouse of Lords the next day, where he sits as a Conservative Party peer.[7]
He first worked in the City in 1975, when as a seventeen year old, he dealt in Gilts on the floor of the exchange for Philips and Drew. He resumed his financial career after University with Prudential- Bache International in 1981. He joined as a trainee and became Chairman and Chief Executive in 2000. As president of the International and Global Derivatives division he had responsibility for all securities activities outside the US.[8][9]
In December 2003, he joined the Board of Eden Group, a stockbroking and asset management firm.[10] In 2005, he founded Eden Financial, a spin off of Eden Group and became Executive Chairman and major shareholder. In 2012, Eden was acquired by Canaccord Genuity and Massey became Chairman of its wealth management division. In 2019, he became chairman of Canaccord’s capital markets and investment banking subsidiary.[11]
He married Fiorella in 1984 and together have 3 children. He resides inHampstead, London andLacock,Wiltshire.