Rt Hon George Osborne CH

George is Managing Director and Head of OpenAI for Countries at OpenAI.

George is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum and Chair of Coinbase’s Global Advisory Council as well as a Visiting Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also a founding partner of 9Yards Capital, a venture capital business and co-President of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, a not-for-profit organisation he established with business and civic leaders to promote economic development in the North of England.

From April 2021 – October 2025, he was a partner at Robey Warshaw, a UK based boutique bank. Before this, he was an advisor to the BlackRock Investment Institute from 2017 – 2021 and was Editor and Editor-in-Chief of London’s Evening Standard (now The London Standard).

George served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 — one of the longest periods anyone has held the second most senior office in the British Government. On his appointment in May 2010, George was the youngest Chancellor since 1886. Prior to that, he was elected as the youngest Conservative MP in 2001, he served as Shadow Chancellor for five years, ran David Cameron’s successful campaign to become Leader of the Conservative Party and helped negotiate the formation of Britain’s first Coalition Government since the Second World War.

As Chancellor, George had responsibility for the UK’s economic, budget and financial policies. During that period, the country posted the strongest growth in the G7 and attracted a rising share of global business investment. Following the successful election of a Conservative Government in 2015, he also served as First Secretary of State. George was a member of Britain’s National Security Council for six years and latterly deputised for the Prime Minister on national security issues. As a prominent campaigner for Britain to remain in the EU, George left the government in July 2016 following the outcome of the referendum.

In August 2016, The Right Honourable George Osborne CH was made a Companion of Honour by Her Majesty the Queen, one of the highest honours in the country.

He has a Masters Degree from Oxford University in Modern History, and was a Dean Rusk Scholar at Davidson College, North Carolina. George lives in London.