Tony Danker

Tony Danker is a British businessman, and will be director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) from November 2020.

Tony Danker
Born1971/1972 (age 48–49)[1]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Manchester
Harvard University
TitleDirector-general, Confederation of British Industry
TermNovember 2020 -
PredecessorCarolyn Fairbairn
Spouse(s)Married
Children2 sons

Early life

Danker was born in Belfast.[2] He was educated at Belfast Royal Academy, earned a law degree from the University of Manchester, and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University.[2]

Career

Danker was chief strategy officer at Guardian News and Media, which publishes the Guardian and Observer.[1] Since 2017, he has been chief executive of Be the Business, a government and industry-funded body launched by George Osborne that aims to make British companies more productive.[1][3]

Danker was chair of the Union of Jewish Students from 1993 to 1994.[2]

Danker has also been a special adviser to HM Treasury, and a consultant at McKinsey.[3] He worked for the former Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, from 1994 to 1996.[2]

In June 2020, it was announced that Danker would take over as CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn in November 2020, after five years in post.[1]

Personal life

Danker is married, with two sons, and lives in London.[2] He is Jewish.[2]

gollark: I'm thinking you could... probably work basic socket I/O into that, and have it just execute programs someone sends over UDP or whatever.
gollark: You have a 1KB trojan? Impressive.
gollark: Did you compile potatOS into a notepad?
gollark: What notepad?
gollark: Hmm, that's a clever idea.

References
  1. Partington, Richard (10 June 2020). "Business lobby group the CBI appoints Tony Danker as chief". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. "Jewish adviser named new director-general of CBI". Jewish News. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. Kleinman, Mark (10 June 2020). "CBI picks productivity chief Danker as next director-general". Sky News. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
Business positions
Preceded by
Carolyn Fairbairn		 Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry
2015–present		 Incumbent
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