| Notes |
Early life
Harvey McGrath was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.[3] He was educated at Methodist College Belfast, a grammar school in Belfast.[4][5][6] He joined St Catharine's College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in 1971, where he received a Master of Arts degree in Geography.[3][6][7][8]
Business career
He started his career as a commodity lender at Chase Manhattan Bank shortly after graduation, first in London, moving to New York City in 1979.[3][9] He joined the Man Group in 1980, where he worked as Treasurer, Finance Director, and later President of Man Inc., all of which were based in New York City.[4][5] He then moved back to London to serve as its Chief Executive from 1990 to 2000, and as its chairman from 2000 to 2007.[9][10][11]
He joined the board of directors of Prudential plc in September 2008.[9][12] He served as its chairman from January 2009 to June 2012.[9][10][12] During his tenure, he oversaw a failed bid to acquire AIA Group Limited for £22.6 billion, which was unpopular with the Financial Services Authority and shareholders.[12][13][14]
In 2008, he co-founded Revere Capital Advisors, an investment business based in New York City and London, with two of his former Man Group co-workers: Daniel Barnett, formerly Finance Director, and John Kinder, formerly Head of Global Sugar Trading.[7][8][15][16]
|