Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar

The Right Honourable
The Lord Kakkar
KG KBE PC
Official portrait, 2023
Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission
In office
3 October 2016 – 31 December 2022
Preceded byChristopher Stephens
Succeeded byHelen Pitcher
Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
In office
1 October 2013 – 25 October 2018
Preceded byThe Lord Jay of Ewelme
Succeeded byThe Lord Bew
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 March 2010
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Ajay Kumar Kakkar

(1964-04-28) 28 April 1964 (age 60)
NationalityBritish
Political partyNone (crossbencher)
Alma materKing's College London
Imperial College London

Ajay Kumar Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, KG, KBE, PC (born 28 April 1964) is an emeritus professor of surgery at University College London and life peer.

Early life and education

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Ajay Kakkar was born in 1964 in Dartford to professor of vascular surgery Vijay Kakkar and his wife, a consultant anaesthetist.[1]

He was educated at Alleyn's School before gaining admission to King's College London, where he gained first a bachelor's degree in pharmacology in 1985 and then a medical degree in 1988. Subsequently, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by Imperial College London; his thesis, titled "Tissue factor, thrombin generation and cancer", was submitted in 1998.[2]

His father was a pioneer in the use of low-molecular weight heparin therapy,[3] and he followed in his footsteps as a surgeon and medical researcher.

Career

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Kakkar is Chair of King's Health Partners, the Academic Health Science Centre,[4] Director of the Thrombosis Research Institute,[5] London, and lectures and publishes widely on his specialism. He has worked with the NHS on its strategy to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE). He is a Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, former chair of the Board of Governors at Alleyn's School,[6] Dulwich, and a Trustee of the Dulwich Estate. In December 2022 he succeeded Bernard Taylor[7] as chairman of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.[8]

Kakkar was created a life peer on 22 March 2010 as Baron Kakkar, of Loxbeare in the County of Devon,[9] and introduced in the House of Lords the same day.[10] He sits on the crossbenches. He was Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission from 2013 to 2018.[11][12][13]

Kakkar has been noted for his work promoting British business as an ambassador for the United Kingdom. He took 11 trips in 2014 to promote business relations.[14]

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to healthcare and for public service.[15] Kakkar served as Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission from 2016 to 2022.[16] On St George's Day 2024, he was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG).[17][18]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
An eagle reguardant wings expanded Or resting the dexter claws on a roundel per fess Argent and Azure.
Escutcheon
Argent two chevronels between three cornflowers Azure.
Supporters
Dexter a unicorn Argent armed crined and unguled Or sinister a tiger Or striped Sable.
Motto
Pervicax Semper (Always Firm)[19]
Orders
Order of the Garter

References

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  1. ^ "European Perspectives". Circulation. 123 (5): f25–f30. 8 February 2011. doi:10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182044d5c.
  2. ^ Kakkar, Ajay Kumar (1998). Tissue factor, thrombin generation and cancer. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ Hagerty, James R. (18 November 2016). "Vijay Kakkar Helped Prevent Deadly Blood Clots During Surgery". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ^ "King's Health Partners News".
  5. ^ Thrombosis Research Institute Archived 23 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Alleyn's School". Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  7. ^ "Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Annual Report and Accounts" (PDF). Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  8. ^ "About Us". Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. ^ "No. 59372". The London Gazette. 25 March 2010. p. 5233.
  10. ^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster (22 March 2010). "Lords Hansard text for 22 March 2010". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  11. ^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster (22 March 2010). "Lords Appointments". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Message from the Chairman". House of Lords Appointments Commission. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.
  13. ^ "House of Lords Appointment Commission". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Revealed: the business men selling the UK to the world". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  15. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
  16. ^ "Lord Ajay Kakkakr biography". Gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  17. ^ "New appointments to various Orders of Chivalry announced". The Royal Family. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  18. ^ "No. 64378". The London Gazette. 25 April 2024. p. 8190.
  19. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3186.
Other offices
Preceded by Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
2013–2018 		Succeeded by
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Kakkar 		Followed by
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