Sir Ronald Hugh Grierson (6 August 1921 – 23 October 2014) was a German-born British banker, businessman, government advisor, and British Army officer. After service in the Black Watch, attached to the Special Air Service and mentioned in dispatches, during World War II,[1] he became a lieutenant-colonel in the post-war SAS.[2] He was Managing Director of S.G. Warburg, an investment bank, from 1948 to 1985, and Vice-Chairman of General Electric Company plc, an industrial conglomerate, from 1968 to 1996.[3] From 1972 to 1974, he was Director-General for Industry at the European Commission.[4][5]
Early life[]
Grierson was born Rolf Hans Griessmann in Nuremberg, Germany, on 6 August 1921.,[2] the son of Ernest Griessmann. After early schooling in Nuremberg and Paris he was educated at Highgate School from 1935 to 1939 and at Balliol College, Oxford.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ed. Hughes, Patrick; Davies, Ian F. (1965). Highgate School Register 1833-1964 (6th ed.). p. 311.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sir Ronald Grierson". The Times. 27 October 2014. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4249655.ece. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sir Ronald Grierson". Lang Lang International Music Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141030024113/http://langlangfoundation.org/about/who-we-are/international-honorary-ambassadors/sir-ronald-grierson/. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sir Ronald Grierson". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141029171125/http://www.weforum.org/contributors/sir-ronald-grierson. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sir Ronald Grierson - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 26 October 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11188695/Sir-Ronald-Grierson-obituary.html. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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