Lord John Hutton

Chair at Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP)

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John Hutton (Lord Hutton of Furness) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He served as a Minister of State for Health from 1999 to 2005, and then in the Cabinet as Work and Pensions Secretary from 2005 to 2007, Business Secretary from 2007 to 2008, and Defence Secretary from 2008 to 2009. He was MP for Barrow and Furness from 1992 to 2010. In 2024, he became chair of a new organisation representing PFI investors, The Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships. It was set up as many PFI contracts were coming to an end over the next few years, particularly those involving schools, hospitals, military bases and housing developments. With significant oversight of Britain’s PFI portfolio, AIIP is the UK PPP trade body.