Robin Budenberg

Robin Francis Budenberg CBE (born 1959) is a British banker. He was appointed Chairman of The Crown Estate[1] on 9 August 2016 and has been London Chairman of Centerview Partners.[2]

Robin Budenberg

CBE
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 from the University of Exeter.[3]

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.[4]

From 2010 until January 2014, he was Chief Executive and then Chairman of UK Financial Investments,[5] the UK government body that oversees the government's investments in financial institutions bailed out during the banking crisis.[6] Budenberg is also a Non-Executive Director of Charity Bank[7] and Big Society Trust.[8]

Honours

In 2015, he was awarded an CBE "For services to the taxpayers and the economy".[9]

Personal life

Married with four children, Budenberg enjoys golf.

References

  1. "2016 - Robin Budenberg appointed Chair of The Crown Estate | The Crown Estate". www.thecrownestate.co.uk.
  2. "Centerview Partners". Centerview Partners.
  3. "Robin Budenberg CBE". www.thecrownestate.co.uk. Crown Estate. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. Rothnie, David (September 25, 2014). "UBS Veteran Robin Budenberg Leads Centerview Partners' U.K. Growth". Institutional Investor. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. Robin Budenberg worked as Director (CHIEF EXECUTIVE) at UK FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2013.
  6. "UKFI press release" (PDF). UKFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  7. "Charity Bank: The Ethical Bank For Savings & Loans In The UK". charitybank.org.
  8. "The Big Society Trust Members".
  9. Treanor, Jill (12 June 2015). "High-profile figures in business and finance named in the honours list". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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