Harvey McGrath

Sir Harvey Andrew McGrath (born 23 February 1952) is a British business and philanthropy executive. He served as the Chairman of the Man Group from 2000 to 2007 and Prudential plc from 2009 to 2012. He is the co-founder of Revere Capital Advisors, a hedge fund based in New York City and London. He serves as the Chairman of Big Society Capital and Heart of the City, promoting philanthropy in Greater London and the City of London.

Early life Harvey McGrath was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast, a grammar school in Belfast. 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.

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. 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.

He joined the board of directors of Prudential plc in September 2008. He served as its chairman from January 2009 to June 2012.

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.

Philanthropy

He is the chairman emeritus of the East London Business Alliance and London First. He served as a governor of Tower Hamlets College, a college of further education in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

He is a co-founder of New Philanthropy Capital and serves on its board of trustees. In 2014, he became the chair of the Big Society Capital, formerly chaired by Sir Ronald Cohen. Additionally, he is the former chairman of the board of trustees of The Prince's Teaching Institute, one of The Prince's Charities.; former chairman of the board of Governors of Birkbeck, University of London.; former president of the board of trustees of Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB), a non-profit organisation which offers protection to children who are separated from their families overseas.; and former chairman of the board of trustees of the charity icould (www.icould.com) (note 23 below) website for 12- to 18-year-olds to find out more about job opportunities. He also serves on the advisory board of Bridges Ventures and the Sutton Trust.

He has supported the Integrated Education Fund in Northern Ireland, which builds schools where both Catholic and Protestant schoolchildren are enrolled in an attempt to bridge religious gaps.

He has made charitable contributions to his alma mater, the Methodist College Belfast.

With his wife, he has also made charitable contributions to the Unicorn Theatre in the London Borough of Southwark, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the City of London, the Almeida Theatre in Islington, the Great Ormond Street Hospital in Bloomsbury, and the National Portrait Gallery, London. They also made a charitable gift to the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, which led to the dedication of the McGrath Suite, named in their honour.

McGrath was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to economic growth and public life.

Personal life He is married to Allison McGrath. As of 2014, he was worth an estimated £100 million.