Victoria Grace "Vicky" Ford (born 21 September 1967) was elected as Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament for East of England in the 2009 European Parliament election. She is the UK Conservative spokesman for Industry and Research, sitting on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and also has seats on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Before entering politics, Ford spent 14 years in Finance, mostly at JP Morgan, specialising in infrastructure and project financing.