Professor russel griggs biography
- Professor Russel Griggs OBE started his business life in marketing in the pharmaceutical industry and then moved to the consumer flooring industry.
- Professor Russel Griggs has had a long and successful career in both the private and public sector including marketing, manufacturing, banking and the third.
- Dr Russell Grigg was previously an associate professor at the Wales Centre for Equity in Education.
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Professor Russel Griggs OBE started his business life in marketing in the pharmaceutical industry and then moved to the consumer flooring industry before becoming CEO of an industrial textile company in England in the 1980s. In 1990 he joined Scottish Enterprise in a business development role and became an Executive Director of Scottish Enterprise where he ran the investment banking and business development arms, as well as spending some years in the USA looking at outward investment for Scottish companies.
Since then he has had a number of non-executive positions in the private, public and third sector, as well as undertaking a variety of strategic work for public bodies and private companies. He was Chair of the CBI’s UK SME Council during the financial crisis and of various other government committees. He was also a Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of VisitScotland, a Board member of Scottish Enterprise, a Non-Executive Director of the Scottish Government, and a Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Department for Employment and Learning in Norther
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Russel Griggs OBE
Chair, South of Scotland Enterprise Contact NowProfessor Russel Griggs OBE was also Chair of SOSEP, the body that created SOSE.
Russel chairs the Scottish Government’s independent Regulatory Review Group, who advise and work on better regulation in Scotland. He is a member of the Scottish Government’s Aquaculture Council, Chair of Scottish Mines Restoration Trust, is a board member and senior independent director on the oversight board for the Comptroller and Auditor General for the States of Jersey, and board member of the financial services company, Lenlyn Holdings Ltd.
He is honorary professor at the University of Glasgow, and was an associate professor at Boston University, and a member of the board of the Business School at Georgia Southern University. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2008 for services to Scottish indust
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Professor Russel Griggs re-appointed Chair of South of Scotland Enterprise
The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, John Swinney, hasannounced the reappointment of Professor Russel Griggs OBE as Chair of South of Scotland Enterprise.
His appointment runs from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2027.
About Professor Griggs
Professor Russel Griggs has had a long and successful career in both the private and public sector including marketing, manufacturing, banking and the third sector.
He was also Chair of South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SOSEP), which helped created SOSE.
Alongside being our Chair, his current roles include:
- Chair of the Scottish Government’s independent Regulatory Review Group
- Member of the Scottish Government’s Aquaculture Council
- Chair of Scottish Mines Restoration Trust
- Board member and senior Independent Director on the oversight Board for the Comptroller and Auditor General for the States of Jersey
- Board member of Lenlyn Holdings Ltd a financial services company.
Professor Griggs is also honorary Professor of the Univ
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