Krish Raval, Baron Raval

Krish Kumar Sureshchandra Raval, Baron Raval, OBE is a British lawyer, life peer and the director of Faith in Leadership.

The Right Honourable The Lord Raval OBE
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 January 2025 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	Krish Kumar Sureshchandra Raval Ethiopia
Political party	Labour

Early life and education

Raval was born in Ethiopia to Indian parents. He read law at Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Sheffield.^[1][2]

Career

Raval is the director of Faith in Leadership, an organization focused on interfaith cooperation for the public good established in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, and is a faculty member of the University of Cambridge's School of Divinity.^[1][3] He is also Chair of Labour Indians,^[4] and a member of City Sikhs' Advisory Board.^[2]

He was nominated for a life peerage in December 2024 by Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the Labour Party as part of the 2024 Political Peerages.^[5] He was created Baron Raval, of Hertsmere in the County of Hertfordshire on 29 January 2025,^[6] swearing his oath of allegiance on the Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is.^[7]

Personal life

Raval is Hindu.^[1] As a child, he attended the Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire. He is married to Dr. Lucy Raval, the Lady Raval.^[7]