, BSc, LLB, MSc, DPhil, CA
Dr Graham Sharp BSc (Hons), LLB, MSc, DPhil has wide-ranging executive and non-executive experience at Board level in the private and public sectors. He has particular strengths in the areas of finance, strategy, governance and regulation.
In the private sector, Graham had a comprehensive City of London career, including as a main board director of a leading merchant bank, and has wide experience at board level in executive and nonexecutive positions including chairing various Board committees. He was a founder and executive director of a successful UK private property investment company and started up an advisory business for Indian-European corporate transactions.
In recent years, Graham has been Chair of the Accounts Commission of Scotland, a non-executive director of Audit Scotland, a Reporting Panel Member of the Competition and Markets Authority, Commissioner and Non-Executive Director of the Gambling Commission and Chair of the National Lottery Committee. He has also served as a Trustee of a national charity for several years.
Graham is a Chartered Accountant and holds degrees in physics and in law from the University of Glasgow, a master’s degree and Sloan Fellowship from London Business School and a doctorate from the University of Oxford for research in market economics and corporate strategy.