Andrew John Griffith (born 23 February 1971)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician and former senior media executive who has been Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade since November 2024[2] and Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel and South Downs since 2019.

[15] In April 2014, Griffith joined the board of Just Eat as a senior non-executive director, a post which he held in combination with his full-time role at Sky.

[16] In 2018, Griffith won The Sunday Times' NED Award for FTSE all-share following his work as senior non-executive director and Chairman at Just Eat.

[18] Griffith stood as the Conservative candidate in Corby at the 2001 general election, coming second with 37.2% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour and Co-operative MP Phil Hope.

[31] Griffith is the founder of and, until his appointment as Minister, co-chaired with the Lord Rees of Ludlow, Astronomer Royal, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dark Skies.

[34] On 6 June 2022, after a vote of no confidence in the leadership of Boris Johnson was called, Griffith announced that he would be supporting the Prime Minister.

[37] Following the succession of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister, Griffith was appointed as Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 27 October 2022.

[37] In this role, he worked on the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 and was lead Treasury Minister on the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank UK, the emergency acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS, and during the ‘LDI’ crisis.

[44] He has cited Lord Young of Graffham, a long-time mentor of his, as one of his heroes [45] Griffith was admitted as a freeman of the City of London on 3 September 2024 in recognition of his contribution to the UK's financial services sector.