The Earl of Erroll is a crossbench peer who entered the House of Lords in 1978. He has an active interest in information technology and communications. The Earl of Erroll is a Board Member of Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, along with holding the position of Secretary of the Communications Group. He is also a Council Member of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) and the European Information Society Group (EURIM) and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). He has extensive commercial ICT experience and has been the Chairman of several technology enterprises.