Malcolm is the Chairman of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, an influential position placing him at the heart of EU policy making. He is a member of STOA, the Parliament’s science policy unit, and the Delegation to Japan.

Malcolm has led important projects in opening the EU market for services, car safety, telecoms and innovative procurement. He has an Honorary Doctorate from Aston University and is a Guardian of the Birmingham Assay Office. 

Being a Chartered Engineer, Malcolm uses his extensive industrial experience to work closely with regional business and universities, especially to encourage research and innovation. Through his leadership of European Forums, he is actively engaged in supporting the Ceramic and Automotive industries, and in promoting the digital economy.

Malcolm is co-chairman of the Forum for Automobile and Society, an independent European think tank on the car’s role in society. It provides a valuable forum where the main automotive stakeholders and policy makers can meet.

What do MEPs do?

MEPs represent their constituents in the European Parliament as MPs do at Westminster. Additionally, they liaise with officials from other European Institutions, listen to national governments, industries and lobbyists. However, MEPs do not sit according to their national delegation but by their political affinity, better known as a Multinational Political Grouping. In the case of the British Conservatives, they are currently part of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.