Ian Prideaux
Former Chief Investment Officer, Grosvenor Estate
Ian Prideaux is a highly experienced finance and investment specialist. From 2006 to 2022 he was the in-house investment expert at the Grosvenor Estate with responsibility for all third party financial assets such as equity, bonds, private equity/venture capital, hedge funds, infrastructure and other diversifiers. His role, culminating in appointment as Chief Investment Officer, comprised asset allocation, manager selection, monitoring of performance and reporting to the Trustees of the Grosvenor Estate. He also advised the Trustees of the Westminster Foundation (charity) and advised on the investment of the defined benefit portfolio of the Group Pension Plan. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse (now PWC) before moving into corporate finance with SG Warburg and then private banking with HSBC.

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