Andrew Griffith
Andrew Griffith | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Kevin Hollinrake |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
| In office 8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Peter Kyle |
| Succeeded by | Alan Mak |
| Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation | |
| In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | George Freeman |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Vallance of Balham |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Richard Fuller |
| Succeeded by | Bim Afolami |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 7 September 2022 – 27 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Lucy Frazer |
| Succeeded by | Victoria Atkins |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports | |
| In office 8 July 2022 – 7 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Mike Freer |
| Succeeded by | Marcus Fysh |
| Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit Minister for Policy | |
| In office 3 February 2022 – 8 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Munira Mirza |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Hope |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office 17 September 2021 – 3 February 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Alex Burghart Trudy Harrison |
| Succeeded by | Joy Morrissey Lia Nici James Duddridge |
| Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nick Herbert |
| Majority | 12,134 (22.2%) |
| Prime Minister's Chief Business Adviser | |
| In office 23 July 2019 – 12 December 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Alex Hickman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1971 Bexleyheath, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Barbara Griffith (m. 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Website | www |
Andrew John Griffith (born 23 February 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician and former senior media executive who has been Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade since November 2024 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs since 2019.
He was Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from July to November 2024. and had previously been Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation from November 2023. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports from July 2022 until September 2022, as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit from February 2022 to July 2022, and as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2022 to 2023.
Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament, Griffith served as the Chief financial officer and Chief operating officer of Sky, as well as Chairman of Just Eat.