Education:
Lochaber High School, Fort William;
Oxford University - Hons degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Experience:
MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey since May 2005
Director of Communications, European Movement, 1996-99
Head of Communications, Britain in Europe, 1999-2004
Head of Communications, Cairngorms National Park Authority, 2004-05

Parliamentary Experience:
Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2007-
Chair of the Liberal Democrat Manifesto Group, 2007-
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, 2007- 08
Liberal Democrat Spokesman for the Department of Work & Pensions, 2005-07
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Social Exclusion, Feb-Jul 2007
Liberal Democrat Spokesman for disability issues, 2005 - 2007
Member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee 2005-2008