Politics
Aamer Sarfraz, The Lord Sarfraz, is a Member of the House of Lords, the upper house of United Kingdom Parliament.
He was nominated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the 2019 Dissolution Honours, and took his seat as Baron Sarfraz, of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in September 2020. He was previously a Treasurer of the Conservative Party, including during the 2019 general election, where the party won a historic 80 seat majority. He also served as an advisor to the party leadership on outreach.
Lord Sarfraz has served on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS), the AI in Weapon Systems Select Committee, and the Science and Technology Committee.
Lord Sarfraz is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) and the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (Royal Navy).
On his appointment to the Lords, at the age of 38, he was the 3rd youngest Peer in the United Kingdom Parliament.
Prime Minister's Trade Envoy
Lord Sarfraz was appointed the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Singapore from 2022-24, serving under three PM's. In this role, he worked to strengthen trade and investment relationships with Singapore, the UK's largest trade and investment partner in Southeast Asia.
University Chancellorship
In 2025, Lord Sarfraz was appointed Chancellor of the University of East London (UEL), one of the UK’s most inclusive and forward-looking universities. UEL serves a dynamic community of 40,000 students representing over 160 nationalities. As Chancellor, he supports UEL's mission in serving diverse communities, and equipping students with the skills and mindset to shape the future.
Career
Lord Sarfraz works at the frontier of technology, investment and economic development.
He advises leading technology companies including C3.ai (NYSE-listed enterprise AI), DigitalOcean (NYSE-listed cloud computing) and Blitzy (autonomous software development), and serves as a Board Commissioner of VKTR (IDX-listed electric vehicles).
He is a Venture Partner at Draper Associates (venture capital) and an Advisor to Cedar Capital Partners (luxury hotel investments).
Lord Sarfraz is the founder of NetZeroAg, an agricultural technology company working with tens of thousands of smallholder farmers across Asia to increase yields and incomes while reducing emissions and water consumption.
He began his career at 3i Group's technology venture capital team before spending a decade at the Electrum Group, a private equity firm.
He was named to Silicon Valley Business Journal’s “40 under 40” list, and received the 9th Emerging Leader Award by M&A Advisor.
Honorary Military Roles
In 2025, His Majesty The King appointed Lord Sarfraz as Honorary Colonel of the British Army’s 31 Signal Squadron.
The 31 (Middlesex Yeomanry & Princess Louise’s Kensington) Signal Squadron, with its distinguished heritage, continues to play a vital operational role as part of the 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment.
Philanthropy
He is Patron of The Lord Sarfraz Foundation, which delivers a range of philanthropic activities in rural Pakistan. These include equine therapy for children with special needs (video), welfare for female farm workers, free rural healthcare programs, skills development for micro entrepreneurs, clean water collection points, and prisoners welfare.
Lord Sarfraz's current voluntary roles include Texas A&M University (International Advisory Board), Panthera (Conservation Council), and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (Board).
The annual Sarfraz Pakistan Lecture at Wolfson College Oxford is named in his honour.
Education and family
Born in London, Lord Sarfraz spent his early years in New York, before his family moved to Islamabad where he grew up. His family has a longstanding tradition of military service - both grandfathers were officers in the British Indian Army, and fought in WWII. His father was a naval officer, commissioned at the Britannia Royal Naval College, and went on to have a successful career in shipping.
He graduated from Boston University with a BS in Management, and received an MSc in Information Systems (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics.
Lord Sarfraz lives in London with his wife, Maryam, a former investment banker, and three daughters.