Malcolm Grant
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Sir Malcolm Grant CBE FAcSS |
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| Chairman of NHS England | |
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Assumed office 19 October 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Chancellor of the University of York | |
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Assumed office 27 October 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Greg Dyke |
| President and Provost of University College London | |
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In office 1 August 2003 – 1 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Derek Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Michael Arthur |
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29 November 1947 Oamaru, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Website | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/ |
Sir Malcolm John Grant, CBE, FAcSS (born 29 November 1947) is the Chairman of NHS England, formerly known as the NHS Commissioning Board. Born in New Zealand, he is also a barrister and academic lawyer.
Grant was appointed as chair of the newly formed NHS Commissioning Board in 2011 by the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley. He was previously the ninth President and Provost of University College London – the head as well as principal academic and administrative officer of the university – for over a decade from 2003 until 2013. He is the current Chancellor of the University of York.
Grant was born and raised in Oamaru, New Zealand. He attended the state-run Waitaki Boys' High School and went on to study at the University of Otago, where he respectively gained an LL.B. (1970), LL.M. (1973) and LL.D. degree (1986). He became a Lecturer in Law at Southampton University (1972–1986). He was then a Professor of Law and Vice-Dean, from 1986 until 1991, of the University College London Law Faculty.
Grant was appointed Professor of Land Economy and a Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge. He then served as Head of the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge from 1993 until 2001 and was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the university from 2002 until 2003. Whilst there he led attempts to reform the university. He was succeeded as Pro-Vice-Chancellor by Tony Minson. Grant was elected an Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 2000 and in 2004 he was elected a Master of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
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