Bradley Fried

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Sir Bradley Fried
Born (1965-08-12) August 12, 1965 (age 58)
Cape Town, South Africa
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
OccupationBusinessman
TitleChair, Goldman Sachs International
SpouseLauren Fried
Children2

Sir Bradley Fried (born 12 August 1965 [1] ) is a South African-British businessman. He is the chairman of Goldman Sachs International. [2] He co-founded Grovepoint Capital, prior to which he was chief executive of Investec Bank Plc, and previously served as chairman of the Court of the Bank of England. [3] He was previously also a non-executive board member of the Financial Conduct Authority. [4]

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Early life

Fried was born in Cape Town, South Africa. [5] He attended Westerford High School in Rondebosch, Cape Town from 1979 until his matriculation in 1983. He has a bachelor's degree in commerce, awarded with distinction, from the University of Cape Town. He was a Palmer Scholar at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was awarded a master's degree in business administration (MBA) with distinction. [1] He is also a qualified chartered accountant, having trained with Arthur Andersen in South Africa. [6]

Career

Fried was a partner at McKinsey & Company in New York, [3] where he focused on strategy consulting to the financial services industry. [7]

Fried joined Investec Bank in the UK in 1999, where he served as chief operating officer and chief executive. [7] He subsequently served as a non-executive director of Investec Plc and Investec Limited between 2010 and 2016. [8]

Fried co-founded Grovepoint Capital, a private equity firm, specialising in growth capital investments, in 2010. [9]

Fried served as a non-executive director of the Court of the Bank of England from July 2012 to June 2022, and served as Chair of Court from July 2018 to June 2022.

Fried chaired the Review Committee that examined the "Bank of England's approach to conflicts of interest." The report was released in August 2017. [10]

He was previously on the Board of Directors of Partners Capital. [11]

Fried joined Preqin's Board of Directors in 2019, becoming Chair in May 2022. [12]

Fried has been appointed Chair of Goldman Sachs International with effect from February 2023. [13]

He was knighted in the 2022 Birthday Honours for public service for his work with the Bank of England. [14]

Personal life

Fried is a Governor at the London Business School. [15] He was a Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, [16] and was previously CEO-in-Residence of the Cambridge Judge Business School. [17]

He and his wife, Lauren, have two sons, [1] and lives in St. John's Wood. [18]

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  2. ↑ "Goldman lures former Bank of England chief Fried as next international chair". Sky News. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. 1 2 "Appointment of Bradley Fried as Chair of Court, Bank of England" (PDF). House of Commons Treasury Committee.
  4. ↑ "Bradley Fried Questionnaire - Written Evidence". House of Commons Treasury Committee. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  5. ↑ Rashty, Sandy (2014-12-31). "It's not about money. That's what the new Bank of England Deputy Bradley Fried says, in this exclusive" . Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Bradley Fried". www.grovepoint.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  7. 1 2 "Executive Profile: Bradley Fried BCom, CA(SA), MBA". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  8. ↑ "Investec Annual Report 2016" (PDF). 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  9. ↑ "Grovepoint Capital LLP: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  10. ↑ "The Bank's approach to Conflicts of Interest: Review by the Non-Executive Directors". 2017-09-08.
  11. ↑ "Partners Capital Adds to its Board of Directors with the Appointment of Four Global Investment Executives". Partners Capital. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  12. ↑ "Bradley Fried: Board Member at Preqin LTD". www.people.equilar.com. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Goldman taps former BoE official Bradley Fried as next International chair- Sky News". Reuters. 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  14. ↑ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.
  15. ↑ "Governance | London Business School". London Business School. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Fellows". magd.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Cambridge: A Virtual Tour". Bloomberg.com. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  18. ↑ Denham, Annabel (18 November 2013). "Startup springboks who let the idea come to them" . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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