Timothy Francis Clement-Jones
Lord Timothy Clement-Jones, CBE, FRSA, is a Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords, serving as the party’s spokesperson for Science, Innovation, and Technology. He has been a prominent advocate forartificial intelligence(AI) governance and regulation, chairing the House of Lords Select Committee on AI and co-founding the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI.
Tim is a newly appointed Chair of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society. He is Deputy Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on China and Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Digital Regulation, The Future of Work, Music, Performers Alliance, Publishing, Writers and Intellectual Property.
Tim served as an external member of the Council ofUniversity College Londonand held the position of Chair of its Audit Committee. In 2023, he initiated and participated in the Special Inquiry Select Committee into AI in Weapons Systems. He is also a founding member of the OECD Parliamentary Group on AI and a former consultant to the Council of Europe’s Ad-hoc Committee on AI.
Lord Clement-Jones has contributed to AI policy through his authorship of the bookLiving with the Algorithm: Servant or Master?(2024), which addressesAI risksand regulatory approaches. His legislative work includes introducing and ensuring the passage of the 2003 Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship Act and the Live Music Act 2012.
He serves as a consultant on AI policy and regulation at DLA Piper, where he previously held roles including London Managing Partner and Head of UK Government Affairs. He is also the Chair of Trust Alliance Group (formerly Ombudsman Services), an independent dispute resolution service. Additionally, he is the former Chair of the Council of Queen Mary University of London and is President of Ambitious About Autism, a charity supporting education for children with autism.
He is a member of the Advisory Board of Airmic (the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce), a Board Member of the Corporate Finance Faculty at ICAEW, and a consultant to the Council of Europe’s AI Working Group (CAHAI).
Educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College andTrinity College, Cambridge, Lord Clement-Jones was made a CBE for political services in 1988 and a life peer in 1998. He has held various leadership roles in the Liberal Democrats, including Chairman of the Liberal Party and Federal Treasurer.
