Director-general of the scandal-ridden employer body was fired after an investigation into sexual harassment complaintsTue Apr 11 2023 - 10:22
Confederation of British Industry director general Tony Danker has been sacked with immediate effect following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment at the employers’ organisation. He will be replaced by Rain Newton-Smith, the UK lobby group’s former chief economist, who will return as director general after a brief spell as a managing director for policy at Barclays.
The dismissal of Danker on Tuesday followed an investigation by law firm Fox Williams, which has rocked the business organisation and spawned further allegations that do not relate to Danker. Three other CBI employees have now been suspended pending further investigation into a number of ongoing allegations, the CBI confirmed.
This must have been something pretty bad.