Brian Griffiths

Brian Griffiths has a background in academia, politics and business. He taught at the London School of Economics, was Professor of Banking and International Finance at the City University and Dean of the City University Business School. He was a member of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England from 1983-85. He left the Bank of England early to serve at No. 10 Downing Street as Head of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit from 1985 to 1990. As special advisor to Margaret Thatcher, he was responsible for domestic policy-making and was a chief architect of the government’s privatisation and deregulation programmes.

Brian has also served as Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and as an international advisor to Goldman Sachs concerned with issues relating to privatisation, private equity and governance. He was very involved in building up the Goldman Sachs franchise in China. He has served on numerous boards in the UK and the US including as Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies. He served as Chairman of CEME until 2023.

He organises the Fforestfach Colloquia series which brings together small groups of invited participants to explore a Christian perspective on contemporary issues of political economy.

Brian was chairman of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lambeth Fund and was the longtime Chairman of Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs (CRPA). He has written and lectured extensively on economic issues and the relationship of the Christian faith to economies and business and has published various books on monetary policy and Christian ethics.