Editing Greg Hands (section)

==Early life and career==
Gregory Hands was born on 14 November 1965 to British parents in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sylvester |first1=Rachel |title=Greg Hands: 'I was true to my word on Heathrow. People have a right to expect that' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/greg-hands-i-was-true-to-my-word-on-heathrow-people-have-a-right-to-expect-that-t72zqtjkq |access-date=12 May 2022 |work=[[The Times]] |date=30 June 2018 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He lived in the United States until he was seven years old and his family moved back to the UK.<ref name="About Greg">{{Cite web|url=https://www.greghands.com/about-greg|title=About Greg|work=Greg Hands MP|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> He was educated at [[state school]]s in England,<ref name="Chief Whip">{{cite web |last1=Gimson |first1=Andrew |title=Profile: Greg Hands – the next Conservative Chief Whip? |url=https://conservativehome.com/2014/04/16/profile-by-andrewgimson-greghands-the-next-conservative-chief-whip/ |work=Conservative Home |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref> and completed his secondary education at [[Dr Challoner's Grammar School]], [[Amersham]] in 1984.<ref name="About Greg"/>

During his [[gap year]] Hands worked in a swimming pool in [[Berlin]] where he gained the nickname “Tapper;” he became interested in the [[Eastern Bloc]], visiting [[Prague]] and other Eastern European cities on future holidays.<ref name="About Greg"/>

He went on to attend [[Robinson College, Cambridge]], where he graduated with a [[British undergraduate degree classification|first]] in [[Modern History]] in 1989. He joined the Conservative 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]].<ref name="About Greg"/>

Hands spent eight years after university in banking.<ref name="Chief Whip"/> He worked on trading floors in [[Derivative (finance)|derivatives]] at the [[City of London]] and [[New York City]] until 1997.<ref name="About Greg"/>