Bradley Fried


Bradley Fried is a British businessman. He is the Co-founder of Grovepoint Capital, prior to which he was chief executive of Investec Bank Plc, and is currently the chairman of the Court of the Bank of England. He was previously also a non-executive board member of the Financial Conduct Authority.

Early life

Fried was born in Cape Town, South Africa. 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 with distinction. He is also a qualified chartered accountant, having trained with Arthur Andersen in South Africa.

Career

Fried was a partner at McKinsey & Company in New York, where he focused on strategy consulting to the financial services industry.
Fried joined Investec Bank in the UK in 1999, where he served as chief operating officer and chief executive. He subsequently served as a non-executive director of Investec Plc and Investec Limited between 2010 and 2016.
Fried co-founded Grovepoint Capital, a private equity firm, specialising in growth capital investments, in 2010.
Fried has served as a non-executive director of the Court of the Bank of England since June 2012, and is currently its chairman.
Fried chaired the Review Committee that examined the "Bank of England's approach to conflicts of interest." The report was released in August 2017.

Personal life

Fried is a Governor at the London Business School. He is also a Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was previously CEO-in-Residence of the Cambridge Judge Business School.
He is married to Lauren, with two sons, and lives in St. John's Wood.