Lord Clement-Jones CBE was awarded CBE for political services in 1988 and life peer in 1998. He is the Liberal Democrat House of Lords spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Technology and a current member of the Industry and Regulators Committee. He is former Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on AI (2017-18) and the initiator of and subsequent member of the Special Inquiry Select Committee into AI in Weapons Systems (2023). In 2016, he Co-Founded and has since Co-Chaired the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI. He is a founding member of the OECD Parliamentary Group on AI and former consultant of the Council of Europe’s Ad-hoc Committee on AI. He is a former member of the House of Lords Select Committees on Communications (2011-15); the Built Environment (2015-16); Risk Assessment and Planning (2020-21); and the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill (2021-22). He is author of the book, ‘Living with the Algorithm: Servant or Master?: AI Governance and Policy for the Future’ (Unicorn, 2024). He is a Consultant on AI Policy and Regulation to global law firm DLA Piper where previous positions held includes London Managing Partner. He is Chair of Trust Alliance Group (formerly Ombudsman Services Limited), the not-for-profit, independent ombudsman service that provides dispute resolution for communications and energy utilities. He is Chair of Council of Queen Mary University London. He is President of Ambitious about Autism.
