John Grant

This article is part of the EU Revolving Door project of SpinWatch.

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Sir John Douglas Kelso Grant (born 17 October 1954) is a former British diplomat who is now executive vice president policy and corporate affairs of oil and gas company BG Group plc.

Grant was apppointed an advisory board member of UK lobbying firm MHP Communications in June 2013. In this role he is involved in helping set strategic priorities, as well as also being 'on hand to advise clients too, when appropriate'. ACOBA approved Grant's role at BHP on March 2007, "subject to a three-month waiting period from his last day in post and the condition that, for six months from that same date, he should not be involved in lobbying UK or EU ministers on behalf of his new employers".

In September 2009 he was given "unconditional approval" by ACOBA to take up the role of executive vice president, policy & corporate affairs at oil and gas company BG Group plc.

Curriculum vitae

• Full Name: John Douglas Kelso Grant
• Date of Birth: 17 October 1954
• Marital Status: Married
• Children: 2 daughters (1987; 1988) 1 son (1993)

Career:

• 1997-99 FCO (Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State)
• 1994-97 BRUSSELS (UKRep) (Counsellor External Relations)
• 1993-94 On loan to Cabinet Office (European Secretariat)
• 1989-93 BRUSSELS (UKRep) (First Secretary Information)
• 1986-89 FCO (News Department)
• 1984-85 FCO (Soviet Department)
• 1982-84 MOSCOW (First Secretary Commercial)
• 1980-82 FCO (Full-time language training)
• 1977-80 STOCKHOLM (Third later Second Secretary Chancery)
• 1976-77 FCO (West Africa Department)
• 1976 Entered FCO

References

• European Voice, Movers and Shakers, 19 April 2007, accessed 11 January 2010.
• Hermes Database, Foreign And Commonwealth Office Fco Daily Bulletin, 06 April 1999.

Resources

See: Fracking lobbying firms

• Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed, 29 April 2015.