Rt Hon Greg Clark was appointed Minister of State on 7 October 2013 and Minister for Universities and Science on 15 July 2014. He is the Conservative MP for Royal Tunbridge Wells. Greg was Director of Policy for the Conservative Party from March 2001 before being elected as the Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells in 2005. He was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in October 2008, having previously been Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprises and Volunteering. He then took up the position of Minister of State at Communities and Local Government, with responsibilities for Decentralisation and Planning Policy. Greg was appointed Minister for Cities in July 2011 and Financial Secretary to the Treasury in September 2012.