Robin Budenberg
{{Short description|British corporate adviser}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Sir
| name = Robin Budenberg
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
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| office = Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group
| term_start = 4 January 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = Lord Blackwell
{{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes
| office = Chairman of The Crown Estate
| term_start = 9 August 2016
| term_end =
| predecessor = Sir Stuart Hampson
}}
| successor =
| birth_name = Robin Francis Budenberg
| birth_date = 1959
| birth_place = UK
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = University of Exeter
| occupation = Banker
| spouse =
}}
Sir Robin Francis Budenberg {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 1959) is a British corporate adviser. He was appointed non-executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group{{Cite web|url=https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/directors/non-executive-directors/|title=2020 - Robin Budenberg appointed Non-Executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group;}} on 1 October 2020 and became Chairman on 4 January 2021 and was appointed Chairman of The Crown Estate{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/media-and-insights/news/2016-robin-budenberg-appointed-chair-of-the-crown-estate/|title=2016 - Robin Budenberg appointed Chair of The Crown Estate | The Crown Estate|website=www.thecrownestate.co.uk}} 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 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukfi.gov.uk/releases/20091028%20UKFI%20CEO%20Appointment.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100710182800/http://www.ukfi.gov.uk/releases/20091028%20UKFI%20CEO%20Appointment.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-07-10|title= UKFI press release|publisher= UKFI|access-date=2009-11-13}} Budenberg was London Chairman of Centerview Partners between 2015 and 2020 and was also a non executive director of Charity Bank{{cite web|url=http://charitybank.org/|title=Charity Bank;}} and Big Society Trust{{cite web|url=https://www.bigsocietytrust.com/|title=Big Society Trust;}}
=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{{cite news|last1=Treanor|first1=Jill|title=High-profile figures in business and finance named in the honours list|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/12/queen-birthday-honours-list-finance-business-minouche-shafik|access-date=13 June 2015|work=The Guardian|date=12 June 2015}} and knighted in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to the economy.{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B2|date=17 June 2023}}
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Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter