Career
He served 19 years in the Grenadier Guards rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, before pursuing a career in the City of London with the United Kingdom merchant banking group Robert Fleming & Company in 1988. He remained with the bank as a director of the investment management business until the bank was acquired in 2000 by Chase Manhattan Bank, at which point he became chief executive of RFIB insurance group following a buyout from the new owners. He remained Chief Executive Officer of the group until 2009.
He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire in 2009 and was appointed to his present position on 28 December 2012.
His charitable commitments include being a trustee or adviser to the Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
The Lloyd"s Patriotic Fund, which supports armed forces charities. And the Hedley Foundation, which supports young people, the disabled and the terminally illinois
He lives near Tenbury Wells.
He is the father of actor Edward Holcroft.
