Lord Alli is a Labour Life peer who has sat under this title in the Lords since 21 July 1998.

Waheed Alli is Chief Executive of Silvergate Media and Chairman of Koovs Plc, an online fashion retailer in India. He is also a director of Olga Productions which makes Paul O’Grady’s television. In the 1990s Waheed was Managing Director of one of the largest independent production companies in the UK that produced shows such as Big Breakfast and The Word. He is also the owner of the TV reality show Survivor. Waheed Alli was also the founding Chairman of ASOS, the UK’s largest independent online fashion and beauty retailer.