Brian Griffiths
Brian Griffiths, Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach (born 27 December 1941) has been an international advisor and vice-chairman at Goldman Sachs since 1991. He was head of Margaret Thatcher's Policy Unit from 1985 to 1990.
Education and career
Griffiths attended Dynevor Grammar School in Swansea and then took an undergraudate degree and a Masters in economics at the London School of Economics. [1] He was a assistant lecturer at the London School of Economics from 1965 to 1968, and a lecturer from 1968 to 1976. In 1977 he moved to City University where he was professor of banking and international finance until 1985. During this time he was director of the Centre for Banking and International Finance (1977-82) and dean of the University's Business School. [2]
He was a director of the Bank of England from 1984 to 1986 and from 1985 to 1990 was head of Margaret Thatcher's Policy Unit. In 1991 he was made Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach. That year he also joined Goldman Sachs as an international advisor and was appointed chairman of the right-wing think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies - a position he held until 2000. [3] He was also appointed a non-executive director of Times Newspapers and subsequently took on directorships at a number of companies.
Affiliations
Garrick Club, member [4]
Centre for Policy Studies, chairman 1991-2000
Notes
- ↑ 'OF FFORESTFACH', Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008, accessed 2 Nov 2009
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today, The Rt Hon Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, [Accessed 2 November 2009]
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today, The Rt Hon Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, [Accessed 2 November 2009]
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today, The Rt Hon Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, [Accessed 2 November 2009]
