Ian Prideaux

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. His non-executive positions include:-
- Finance Committee of National Life Stories (part of the British Library) since 2017
- Investment Committee of Basteir, a single family office since May 2022
- Senior Adviser to Calista, a Luxembourg-based adviser to Single Family Offices on Private Equity, since January 2023.
- Trustee of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation since May 2023.
Ian’s interests include outdoor sports - sailing (RYA instructor), skiing (BASI instructor), diving (PADI certified), cycling (completed Lands End – John O’Groats for Bowel Cancer Research and London-Paris twice for RBL) and wine (WSET Level 3 with Distinction).