Tilney Smith & Williamson has named a former chief executive of FTSE 100 real estate firm British Land as its chairman.
Chris Grigg has joined the board and will take over from Will Samuel following regulatory approval.
Grigg (pictured) has 40 years of financial services experience. He is chairman of the recently formed UK Infrastructure Bank and a senior independent director at FTSE 100 firm BAE Systems where he has been on the board for eight years.
Between 2009 and November last year, he was CEO of British Land and before that, group treasurer and then CEO of Barclays Commercial Bank. He also worked at Goldman Sachs for almost 20 years.
Samuel is stepping down after more that four years in the role. He was appointed chairman of Tilney Bestinvest in January 2017 and became chairman of the merged Tilney Smith & Williamson in September 2020.
Grigg thanked Samuel for chairing the board during the merger of Tilney Group with Smith and Williamson.
He added: “I will be working with Chris Woodhouse, our group chief executive officer, and the rest of the board to ensure we deliver a great service to all our clients.”
Samuel said: “Chris brings considerable experience to the firm and will help ensure that the transformational benefits of our merger continue to be realised.
“I’d like to thank everyone who made my time at the group so enjoyable and helped bring together two very successful and long-established businesses.”
