Early Life and Career
Greg Hands was born in New York City, the United States, and was educated widely before leaving Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham in 1984, where he held the post of chairman of the Dr. Challoner's Debating Society. He then went on to attend Robinson College, Cambridge where he was awarded a first in modern history in 1989. He also joined the party as a student, served as the chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association and was on the executive committee of the Cambridge University Students' Union. During his gap year he worked in a swimming pool in Berlin, and first became interested in the Eastern Bloc, and visited Prague, and other Eastern European cities in future holidays. He worked on trading floors in the City of London and New York City until 1997. He has dual American/British nationality and voted for the defeated McCain/Palin ticket in the 2008 Presidential election.
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