The Printing Charity is proud to announce that Theresa May has accepted the charity’s invitation to become it’s 2025 President. She will be keynote speaker at the charity’s 196th Annual Luncheon, which will be held in the City of London on Thursday 13th November 2025.
Now a Member of the House of Lords, Baroness May served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 2016 and 2019, only the second woman to hold the office. Prior to that, she held a total of 14 ministerial or shadow ministerial posts, including roles as the Conservative Party’s first female Chairman, and one of the longest-serving Conservative Home Secretaries. She was the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead for 27 years, standing down in 2024. A dedicated champion for encouraging more female Conservative candidates and MPs, she is a co-founder of campaign group Women2Win.
Baroness May began her career at the Bank of England, also holding posts at the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) as both Head of the European Affairs Unit and Senior Adviser on International Affairs.
Baroness May said: “Print plays a vitally important part in ensuring that as many people as possible can have access to information they need to know. While the ways in which we receive information has proliferated over the years, I know through a long career in politics – and the many thousands of campaign leaflets I have delivered – the vital role that print plays, and will continue to play, in terms of getting a message across. I am therefore delighted to be the Printing Charity’s 2025 President.”
Printing Charity CEO Neil Lovell added: “We are delighted that Baroness May has agreed to hold the office of Printing Charity President this year, joining an illustrious group of Presidents including many former prime ministers. Baroness May has worked tirelessly, both in office and since her political retirement, against social injustice. For someone of her experience and stature to acknowledge the ongoing critical role of the print sector in modern life through taking this honorary role is a real honour for our industry.”
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