Gerry Grimstone

Sir Gerry Grimstone
Born	Gerald Edgar Grimstone August 1949 (age 67–68) Streatham, London
Nationality	British
Education	Whitgift School
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford
Occupation	Chairman, Standard Life Deputy chairman, Barclays
Board member of	Standard Life Barclays Deloitte
Spouse(s)	Divorced
Children	3

Sir Gerald Edgar Grimstone (born August 1949) is a British businessman, the chairman of Standard Life, and deputy chairman of Barclays.

Gerald Edgar Grimstone was born in August 1949, in Streatham, London, the son of a carpet fitter father. Grimstone has described his father as a "working class intellectual" and communist.

He was educated at the Whitgift School, Croydon, and Merton College, Oxford, from where he received a degree in chemistry.

Grimstone worked as a civil servant from 1972-86, then as a director of Schroders from 1986-99.

Grimstone has been chairman of Standard Life since May 2007, deputy chairman of Barclays since January 2016, a non-executive director of Deloitte and the lead non-executive director at the Ministry of Defence.

Grimstone was knighted in 2014.

Grimstone is divorced, and has three children.

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