Sir Ian David Grant CBE, DL, FRAgS (born 28 July 1943) is a former Chairman and First Commissioner of the Crown Estate. He was also the Chairman of the Scottish Exhibition Centre from 2002-2013.
Sir Ian Grant was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture.
Director, East of Scotland farmers, 1976-2002.
Chairman, Copa Cereals Group, Brussels, 1982-1986.
Chairman, EEC Cereals Working Party, 1982-1988.
Chairman, International Federation of Agricultural Producers, 1984-1989.
President, National Farmers Union of Scotland, 1984-1990. (Vice-President 1981-1984)
Director, Clydesdale Bank plc, 1989-1997.
Director, National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society, 1990-2008. (Deputy Chairman, 2003-2008)
Director, Scottish and Southern Energy plc, 1992-2003. (Deputy Chairman, 2000-2003)
Chairman, Scottish Tourist Board, 1990-1998. (Board Member, 1988-1998)
Chairman, Cairngorms Partnership, 1998-2003.
Chairman, Crown Estate 2002-2009. (Commissioner, 1996-2009)
Chairman, Scottish Exhibition Centre Ltd, 2002-20 (Deputy Chairman, 2001; Director 1998-20)
Member of the Council of CBI Scotland, 1984-1996.
Member of the Scottish Economic Council, 1993-1997.
Board Member, British Tourist Authority, 1990-1998.
Vice-President of the Royal Smithfield Club.
Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1998.
Appointed a Knight Bachelor, 2010.
Appointed a Deputy Lieutenant, Perth and Kinross, 2010.
Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Napier University, 1999.
Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society.
