Robin Francis Budenberg CBE (born 1959) is a British Corporate Adviser. He was appointed non-executive Director of

Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Banking Group is a British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. It is one of the UK's largest financial services organisations, with 30 million customers and 65,000 employees. Lloyds Ban ...

on 1 October 2020 and became Chairman on 4 January 2021 and was appointed Chairman of

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on 9 August 2016.

Early life

Budenberg grew up in Cheshire, where his family owned Budenberg Gauge Company, a maker of pressure gauges and accessories established in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

in 1854. Budenberg holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the

University of Exeter , mottoeng = "We Follow the Light" , established = 1838 - St Luke's College1855 - Exeter School of Art1863 - Exeter School of Science 1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter) , type = Public , ...

Career

Budenberg started his career with

Price Waterhouse PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting ...

where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and joined SG Warburg in 1984. He was a senior investment banker at

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where he worked for over 25 years and oversaw the bank's relationship with

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. 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 UK Financial Investments (UKFI) was a limited company set up in November 2008 and mandated by the British government to manage HM Treasury's shareholdings in the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and in UK Asset Resolution, which held the residu ...

, the UK government body that oversees the government's investments in financial institutions bailed out during the banking crisis. Budenberg was London Chairman of

Centerview Partners Centerview Partners is an American independent investment banking firm. Centerview operates primarily as an investment banking advisory firm. Centerview has 60 partners and 300 professionals with expertise across a wide range of industries, ge ...

between 2015 and 2020 and was also a non executive director of Charity Bank and Big Society Trust

Honours

In 2015, he was appointed CBE "For services to the taxpayers and the economy".

Personal life

Married with four children, Budenberg enjoys golf

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Budenberg, Robin Living people 1959 births Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Exeter British bankers British accountants British chairpersons of corporations People from Cheshire