John Sparrow (executive)
Sir John Sparrow, FCA (4 June 1933 – 21 March 2020) was an English businessman, chartered accountant and government adviser.
Educated at the London School of Economics (LSE),[1] he worked in the accountancy firm Rawlinson and Hunter from 1954 to 1959, before spells with Ford, AEI-Hotpoint and United Leasing Corporation in the early 1960s.[2] From 1964 to 1988, he worked for the Morgan Grenfell Group,[1] as a director from 1971; he was also chairman of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management from 1985 to 1988.[2] Alongside directorships in other companies, he was chairman of the Universities Superannuation Scheme from 1988 to 1996,[2] the National Stud from 1988 to 1991 and the Horserace Betting Levy Board from 1991 to 1999.[1]
From 1982 to 1983, Sparrow was seconded as Director-General of the Central Policy Review Staff, a government advisory body based in the Cabinet Office.[2][3] He was knighted for his service 1984.[1] He was also a governor of LSE from 1984 to 2003 (serving as vice-chairman until 1993) and was made an honorary LSE fellow in 1994, and also held an honorary fellowship at Wolfson College, Cambridge, from 1987.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Sir John Sparrow", London School of Economics. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Sparrow, Sir John", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2021). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Bank Chief Joins Cabinet 'Think Tank'", The Daily Telegraph, 27 February 1982, p. 1. Gale IO0702750778