Sir Angus McFarlane McLeod Grossart was a Scottish businessman who was the founder, chairman and executive director of Edinburgh-based merchant bank Noble Grossart.
10 Facts About Angus Grossart
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Angus Grossart proudly recalled honing his business skills at a Barrowlands stall selling reject toffee.
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Angus Grossart studied law at the University of Glasgow and studied for the Scottish Bar in Edinburgh under James MacKay.
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Angus Grossart then worked in corporate tax law before cofounding the merchant bank Noble Grossart in 1969.
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Angus Grossart was appointed CBE in 1990 and was knighted in 1997.
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Angus Grossart died at his residence in Edinburgh on 13 May 2022 at the age of 85 following a short illness.
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Angus Grossart cofounded the merchant bank Noble Angus Grossart in 1969 with Sir Iain Noble, buying out Noble's share of the business two years later.
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Noble Angus Grossart provided backing to a number of Scottish businesses and entrepreneurs, including Pict Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration company, the Wood Group, a company proving services to the oil industry, Sir Tom Farmer, founder of the Kwik Fit chain of garages, Sir Brian Souter, founder of the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators, Benny Higgins, a banker with the Royal Bank of Scotland, and James Gulliver, founder of Argyll Foods.
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Angus Grossart was vice-chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland from 1982 to 2005 and was appointed chairman of the Scottish Futures Trust in 2000.
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Angus Grossart was a trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Scottish Civic Trust, and a director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Scottish National Orchestra.