Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, KCMG, (born 4 March 1946), is Chairman of BCB Holding, a parent company of a group of financial services companies operating in Belize and the Turks & Caicos Islands, and is also a politician. He holds dual British and Belizean nationality, and is a Belonger of the Turks & Caicos Islands Ashcroft was made a life peer in 2000, he is a Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party a position he has held since appointed by David Cameron in December 2005.