Stephen Massey, Baron Massey of Hampstead
{{Short description|British financier}}
{{for|the football payer and manager|Steve Massey}}
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = The Lord Massey of Hampstead
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| office1 = Member of the House of Lords
| term_start1 = 12 May 2025
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| office2 = CEO of the Conservative Party
| term_start2 = November 2022
| term_end2 = December 2024
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| birth_name = Stephen Leigh Massey
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957|9}}
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| party = Conservative
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| alma_mater = Hertford College, Oxford
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Stephen Leigh Massey, Baron Massey of Hampstead (born September 1957{{cite web |title=Stephen Leigh MASSEY personal appointments |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/8pcVpXJFfDBcs3EvC5cgublquMY/appointments |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |publisher=Companies House |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=en}}) is a British financier. A supporter of Rishi Sunak,{{cite news |last1=Croft |first1=Ethan |title=Rishi Sunak donor gets top job with the Tories |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-rishi-sunak-donor-stephen-massey-top-tory-job-chief-executive-david-bowie-extras-song-ricky-gervais-b1039289.html |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=The Standard |date=11 November 2022 |language=en}} he served as chief executive of the Conservative Party from November 2022 to December 2024.{{cite web |title=NEWS: Stephen Massey to depart as Chief Executive at Conservative Campaign Headquarters |url=https://conservativehome.com/2024/12/13/news-stephen-massey-to-depart-as-chief-executive-at-conservative-campaign-headquarters/ |website=Conservative Home |access-date=10 April 2025 |date=13 December 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Adu |first1=Aletha |title=Tory party CEO is director at cancer care firm benefiting from NHS waiting lists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/tory-party-ceo-stephen-massey-cancer-care-firm-genesiscare-nhs-waiting-lists |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=14 June 2024}}
Biography
Massey joined the Conservative Party in 1974.{{cite web |title=Resignation Peerages April 2025 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f910308b9b26024aef3099/Resignation_Peerages_List_2025.pdf |website=gov.uk |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=12 April 2025 |date=11 April 2025}} In 1976, he matriculated at Hertford College, Oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics (PPE).{{cite web |title=Stephen Massey |url=https://www.canaccordgenuity.com/wealth-management-uk/about-us/our-people/london/stephen-massey/ |website=www.canaccordgenuity.com |publisher=Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Hertford College Donor Report 2020 |url=https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/HC-Donor-Report-2020_web.pdf |website=Hertford College |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=13 April 2025 |page=15 |format=pdf |date=2020}} While studying at the University of Oxford, he served as chair of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1978. He was treasurer of the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) from 2010 to 2022, before serving as its chair in 2022.{{cite news |title=CFI appoints Hilda Worth as new Chair as Stephen Massey becomes Conservative Party Chief Executive |url=https://thejewishweekly.com/cfi-appoints-hilda-worth-as-new-chair-as-stephen-massey-becomes-conservative-party-chief-executive/ |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=The Jewish Weekly |date=9 November 2022}}
Massey was chief executive officer of Prudential-Bache International, a brokerage firm and sub-division of Prudential Securities, from 2001 to 2003.{{cite web |title=Mr Stephen Leigh Massey |url=https://register.fca.org.uk/s/individual?id=003b000000LVPdHAAX |website=The Financial Services Register |publisher=Financial Conduct Authority |access-date=13 April 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Sousley |first1=Marc |title=Prudential-Bache launches European management team |url=https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/prudential-bache-launches-european-management-team-20000707 |website=Financial News |publisher=Dow Jones & Company, Inc. |access-date=13 April 2025 |date=7 July 2000}} In December 2003, he joined the board of Eden Financial Limited, a stockbroking and fund management firm.{{cite web |last1=Orton |first1=Ian |title=Eden recruits Pru-Bache International veteran |url=https://www.paminsight.com/twn/index.php/article/eden-recruits-pru-bache-international-veteran |website=www.paminsight.com |publisher=TheWealthNet |access-date=13 April 2025 |date=3 February 2004}} He became Eden's executive chairman the following year. Canaccord Genuity bought Eden Financial in September 2012, and Massey was appointed head of its UK wealth management.{{cite web |title=Canaccord Genuity appoints Eden's Massey as head of UK wealth arm |url=https://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/news/2280802/canaccord-genuity-appoints-edens-massey-head-uk-wealth-arm?im_debug= |website=www.investmentweek.co.uk |access-date=13 April 2025 |language=en |date=11 July 2013}}
As part of Rishi Sunak's Resignation Honours in April 2025, it was announced that he was to be made a life peer;{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=Alasdair |title=Michael Gove to receive peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/25081320.michael-gove-receive-peerage-rishi-sunaks-honours-list/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=The National |date=10 April 2025 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Resignation Honours and Peerages: April 2025 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/resignation-honours-and-peerages-april-2025 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=11 April 2025 |language=en |date=11 April 2025}} he was created as Baron Massey of Hampstead, of Lacock in the County of Wiltshire on 12 May 2025.{{London Gazette |issue= 64735 |date= 15 May 2025 |page= 10174 |supp= |city= |title= |quote=}} He was introduced to the House of Lords the next day,{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-05-13/debates/9B10C2F4-8851-4822-AE37-17041058B9C4/IntroductionLordMasseyOfHampstead |title=Introduction: Lord Massey of Hampstead |publisher=Hansard |accessdate=13 May 2025}} where he sits as a Conservative Party peer.{{cite web |title=Lord Massey of Hampstead: Parliamentary career |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/5405/career |website=MPs and Lords |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=23 May 2025}}
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