Biography

Sir John Grant is currently a member of the Advisory Council of Essar Oil (UK) Limited, a UK-focused downstream energy company. Most recently, he served as Vice President of International Government Relations at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from October 2016 until his retirement in 2019. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice-President of Policy and Corporate Affairs at BG Group from 2009 to 2015 with responsibility for government affairs, corporate responsibility and communications. Before joining BG Group in 2009, he had served as President of BHP Billiton Europe since 2007. Prior to that he had been a member of the British Foreign Service from 1976 to 2007, holding posts in Stockholm, Moscow and Brussels, where he was the UK’s Permanent Representative to the European Union from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Grant has a degree in modern languages from Cambridge University.