Jean Elizabeth Coussins Baroness Coussins (born (1950-10-26)26 October 1950) is a British parliamentarian and an adviser on corporate responsibility.Lady Coussins is a member of the Advertising Standards Authority a member of the Better Regulation Commission and was formerly Chief Executive of the Portman Group a not–for–profit organisation promoting sensible drinking by consumers and responsible marketing by the drinks industry.Her interests include:Advisory Committee on Alcohol ProblemsNon executive director and council member (broadcast and non-broadcast media) Advertising Standards AuthorityMember Alcohol Education and Research CouncilChair All-Party Parliamentary Modern Languages Group (2008-)Vice-President Chartered Institute of LinguistsIn February 2007 the House of Lords Appointments Commission recommended she should be conferred with a Life Peerage as a Crossbencher in Parliament; her title was gazetted as Baroness Coussins of Whitehall Park in the London Borough of Islington on 23 March 2007.