Robin Budenberg

Sir Robin Francis Budenberg CBE (born 1959) is a British corporate adviser. He was appointed non-executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group[1] on 1 October 2020 and became Chairman on 4 January 2021 and was appointed Chairman of The Crown Estate[2] on 9 August 2016.

Sir
Robin Budenberg
CBE
Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group
Assumed office
4 January 2021
Preceded byLord Blackwell
Chairman of The Crown Estate
Assumed office
9 August 2016
Preceded bySir Stuart Hampson
Personal details
Born
Robin Francis Budenberg

1959
UK
Alma materUniversity of Exeter
OccupationBanker

Early life

Budenberg grew up in Cheshire, where his family owned Budenberg Gauge Company, a maker of pressure gauges and accessories established in Manchester in 1854. Budenberg holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Exeter.

Career

Budenberg started his career with Price Waterhouse where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and joined SG Warburg in 1984. He was a senior investment banker at UBS Investment Bank where he worked for over 25 years and oversaw the bank's relationship with HM Treasury. He was part of the team that designed the Government Bank Recapitalisation Scheme in October 2008.

From 2010 until January 2014, he was Chief Executive and then Chairman of UK Financial Investments, the UK government body that oversees the government's investments in financial institutions bailed out during the banking crisis.[3] Budenberg was London Chairman of Centerview Partners between 2015 and 2020 and was also a non executive director of Charity Bank[4] and Big Society Trust[5]

Honours

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to the taxpayers and the economy[6] and knighted in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to the economy.[7]

References
  1. "2020 - Robin Budenberg appointed Non-Executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group;".
  2. "2016 - Robin Budenberg appointed Chair of The Crown Estate | The Crown Estate". www.thecrownestate.co.uk.
  3. "UKFI press release" (PDF). UKFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  4. "Charity Bank;".
  5. "Big Society Trust;".
  6. Treanor, Jill (12 June 2015). "High-profile figures in business and finance named in the honours list". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B2.
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