{{Infobox person | name = Sir Gregory David Green | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}} | birth_place = United Kingdom | occupation = past Chairman of Dartington Hall Trust, The Prince's School of Traditional Arts | networth = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | website = | signature = | parents = }}
'''Sir Gregory David Green''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG|CVO}} (1948) is a former chairman of the Dartington Hall Trust and The Prince's School of Traditional Arts. He is a former director-general<ref name=BC>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/6257981/Royal-society-two-shock-exits-and-bagful-of-trouble.html "Royal society: two shock exits and bagful of trouble."], The Telegraph. Accessed August 8, 2016.</ref> of the British Council, former chairman of Royal Commonwealth Society, and former president of the European Union National Institutes for Culture.
==Early career== Green originally trained as a teacher, going on to work at two schools in South Yorkshire.<ref name=SDG>[http://www.dartington.org/about-the-trust/sir-david-green-meet-our-chairman "Sir David Green – Meet Our Chairman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220237/http://www.dartington.org/about-the-trust/sir-david-green-meet-our-chairman |date=2011-07-25 }}, Dartington Hall Trust. Accessed March 1, 2011</ref>
==Later career== Between 1976 and 1990 Green served with Save the Children, eventually becoming Deputy Secretary-General. From 1990 to 1999, he was Director of the Voluntary Service Overseas. In 1999, he became Secretary-General of the British Council.<ref name=BT>[http://www.dartington.org/about-the-trust/charity-details "Board of Trustees"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220326/http://www.dartington.org/about-the-trust/charity-details |date=2011-07-25 }}, Dartington Hall Trust. Accessed March 1, 2011</ref> He chaired the Dartington Hall Trust, The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, and serves on the board at The Royal Court Theatre and London University of the Arts.
==Personal life== Green is married to a retired primary school teacher and has three daughters.<ref name=SDG />
==Honours== Green was awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1999 and was made a Knight Commander in 2004.<ref name=BT /> In 2018 he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for his work with The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts.
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