Chris Grigg

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Chris Grigg
Born	Christopher Montague Grigg (1959-07-06) 6 July 1959 near Southampton, Hampshire, England
Nationality	British
Education	King Edward VI School, Southampton
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
Occupation	Businessman
Years active	1981–present
Title	CEO, British Land
Term	2009–present
Predecessor	Stephen Hester
Successor	Incumbent
Spouse	married
Children	5

Christopher Montague Grigg (born 6 July 1959) is a British businessman, chief executive (CEO) of The British Land Company plc, a British property development and investment company.

Early life

Grigg was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton (where he was in Lawrence House), and graduated from Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge with a first in Economics.

He grew up in Hampshire, with two younger brothers, one an advertising executive, the other a vicar.

Career

Grigg joined Morgan Grenfell as a graduate trainee in 1981. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1985, rising to Partner, before he left in 2005 to become Treasurer of Barclays Bank, and Chief Executive of Barclays Commercial Bank from 1 February 2007 to November 2008. Grigg joined British Land as Chief Executive on 12 January 2009.

There has been some criticism of his decision to sell 50% of British Land's City of London Broadgate development to Blackstone Group, as well as 50% of the Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield. Grigg has stated his belief that this was the right decision in the longer term: "We aspire to outperform the market. It's kind of hard to do that if your two largest assets have been underperformers."

In January 2012, he said that the City of London’s skyline needs to become more like Manhattan to attract companies to the capital, and that office spaces need to be larger and more flexible.

Personal life

Grigg is married and lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, with his wife and five children.