Ross Grant holds degrees in Mathematics (BSc Hons from Otago University), Economics (MCom from Canterbury University) and Business Administration (MBA from University of NSW). He is the chair of Grant Samuel Group, an independent investment banking firm which he established in 1988. Mr Grant was an executive director of Macquarie Bank, having joined Hill Samuel Australia (the predecessor of Macquarie Bank Limited) in 1975. He is also a director of The Centre for Independent Studies.