Colin James Graves (born 22 January 1948) is an English entrepreneur, known for founding the

Costcutter Costcutter Supermarkets Group is a business based in the United Kingdom and Ireland primarily operating as a symbol group supplier to various independently owned convenience shops and off-licences. It has operations in the United Kingdom, the ...

chain of

convenience store A convenience store, convenience shop, corner store or corner shop is a small retail business that stocks a range of everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery ticket ...

s. He was raised on a farm near Thorne, then in the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...

and attended Goole Grammar School. Graves founded Costcutter in 1986 and was its chairman until 2012 when he stepped down, following his sale of the company to the Bibby Line Group. Between 2012 and 2015 he was executive chairman of

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of 18 first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Yorkshire. Yorkshire are the most successful team in English cricketing hi ...

. He was elected as the deputy chairman of the

England and Wales Cricket Board The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the Sports governing body, national governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test and ...

in April 2013. In 2015 he was elected chairman, to take office following that year's AGM, his term in office to last until the 2020 AGM. Graves was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(CBE) in the

2020 New Year Honours The 2020 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebration ...

for services to cricket.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Graves, Colin 1948 births Living people British retail company founders Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English businesspeople English cricket administrators People from Thorne, South Yorkshire Sportspeople from Yorkshire