Andrew Griffith will present a strong message to industry as the chief business adviser SKYBoris Johnson has hired a top executive at the broadcaster Sky as his chief business adviser to help to rebuild bridges with industry when he enters Downing Street. Andrew Griffith, a former investment banker and chief operating officer at Sky with 25 years’ experience, will seek to reassure bosses that the new administration will be business friendly. Establishing a fruitful relationship with industry will be an early challenge for Mr Johnson because many executives oppose his no-deal Brexit position and lament his unguarded “f*** business” comment. The incoming prime minister was said to have made the comment at a private reception last year, when challenged about the clamour from Airbus and BMW over the threat to jobs and investment by Brexit. Mr Griffith, 47, expects…

Source: The Times July 23, 2019 23:02 UTC