Background
Craven was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Modern School.
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Craven was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Modern School.
Michaelhouse, S. Africa, Jesus College, Cambridge, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
In 1967, Craven joined SG Warburg & Co Ltd, becoming an executive director in 1969. He became Group Chief Executive of White Weld & Co Ltd (subsequently Cr Suisse First Boston) from 1975 to 1978 and a vice chairman of SG Warburg & Co Ltd in 1979. In 1981 he founded Phoenix Securities Ltd which was acquired by Morgan Grenfell Group plc in 1987 when he took on the role of Group Chief Executive of Morgan Grenfell Group plc.
He sat on the board of managing directors of Deutsche Bank from 1990 until 1996. Craven was chairman of Morgan Grenfell Group plc from 1989, a post he retained when the group was renamed as Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Group plc in 1996. He is also a Trustee of the Cambridge University Foundation.
He is a member of the Canadian and Ontario Institutes of Chartered Accountants. He is a non-executive director of Rothmans International plc and a member of the Supervisory Board, Société Générale de Surveillance SA, Geneva.
Married Jane Frances Stiles-Alien in 1970.