Alexander Jesse Norman (born 23 June 1962) is a British politician serving as Financial Secretary to the Treasury since 2019.
A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford and South Herefordshire since 2010.Norman was a director of Barclays before leaving the City in 1997 to research and teach at University College London.
Prior to that he ran an educational charity in Eastern Europe immediately following the Communist era.
Despite his unconventional past Norman was identified by Bruce Anderson, formerly political editor of The Spectator, in January 2013 as a potential future Leader of the Conservative Party.He was first elected as the Conservative MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire at the 2010 general election, having been selected as his party's candidate by open primary in December 2006.