Dean Lockhart was a Scottish politician who served as Convener of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee from 2021 to 2022 A member of the

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, he was a

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(MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from

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to 2022.

Career

Born in

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, Lockhart attended his local primary and secondary schools before graduating from the

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with a first class degree in Law. After graduating, Lockhart worked in the

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for 7 years, first as a financial journalist and then at a leading global law firm and separately at a leading global financial institution. He then moved to Asia and worked with businesses across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China and India. He spent a year at the British Embassy in Manila acting as First Commercial Secretary, promoting British business interests in the Philippines and South East Asia. In 2001, he was elected as a partner at global law firm Linklaters, at that time becoming one of the youngest partners at the firm. He also acted as Head of Business Development across Asia for Linklaters with responsibility for business development, client strategy and Asia-wide country plans.

Scottish Parliament

In 2016, Lockhart stood for the

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as the Conservative candidate for

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where he came second, then was elected from the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list. In 2021, Lockhart again stood as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist candidate for

where he came second, then was elected from the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list. During his time in the Scottish Parliament, Mr Lockhart held the roles of Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work (2016-2019) Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport and Business (2019-20) and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, Europe and External Affairs (2020-2021) Mr Lockhart convened the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee in the Scottish Parliament Mr Lockhart was also the Convenor of the Cross Party Group (CPG) on Japan. Dean is also the Convenor of the Cross Party Group (CPG) on China, Cross Party Group (CPG) on Japan, the Convenor of the Cross Party Group (CPG) on USA. and the Deputy Convenor of the Cross Party Group (CPG) on Germany. Lockhart resigned from the Scottish Parliament in 2022 to pursue a career in business. He was replaced by Roz McCall.

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