Harvey McGrath is Chairman of London First, the capital's influential business campaign group, as well as Vice Chair of the Mayor of London's Skills and Employment Board, responsible for the adult skills strategy in London, and a director of Gateway to London, the inward investment agency for the Thames Gateway.
Harvey is the former Chairman of Man Group plc, the London based FTSE 100 fund manager and futures broker. He retired from the Man Board in November 2007, having been appointed Chairman in March 2000 and previously Chief Executive in 1990.
Harvey holds an MA in Geography from St. Catherine's College, Cambridge and is an active philanthropist supporting a range of causes around deprivation, education, and divided communities. Harvey is Chairman of the East London Business Alliance, a partnership of substantial businesses engaged in the social and economic regeneration of East London. He is a founding donor and trustee of New Philanthropy Capital, a research based charity which gives guidance and advice to donors; a trustee of Charity Technology Trust, which is focused on helping the charitable sector use information technology more effectively; a business governor of Tower Hamlets College, a further education institution; and a trustee of the Royal Anniversary Trust which operates the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.
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