Former Sky executive Andrew Griffith named as financial secretary to the Treasury
Andrew Griffith, ex-Sky chief operating officer, has been appointed as financial secretary to the Treasury and City minister, succeeding John Glen.
Griffith previously held roles as chief financial officer and COO at Sky for 19 years.
Following this, he was Boris Johnson’s chief business advisor for six months, and then moved on to be the founder chairman at Campaign for Economic Growth. During this time, he was appointed by Johnson to be UK net zero business champion.
Griffith has been a Conservative member of parliament for Arundel and South Downs since 2019.
The role of financial secretary to the Treasury and City minister previously
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