John Ritblat

Sir John Ritblat, educated at Dulwich College, is the Chairman and formerlly CEO of British LandPLC a large London-based property company. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Wallace Collection, Deputy Chairman of the Governing Body of London Business School, and a Member of the Council of The Royal Institution. The John Ritblat gallery of the British Library houses some of the finest items in their collection for public display, it is named after him since he was a major benafactor during the building of the gallery and donated one million pounds towards the gallery's display cases.