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Sir
Damon Buffini
Born
Damon Marcus Buffini

May 1962 (age 62)[1]
Leicester, England
Education
OccupationBusinessman
Employers
SpouseDeborah Buffini
Children3

Sir Damon Marcus Buffini (born 1962)[1] is a British businessman and governor of the Wellcome Trust.[2] He was formerly head of the private equity company Permira.[3][4]

Education and early life

Born in Leicester in 1962,[1] the son of an African-American serviceman and a British woman, he was educated in Leicester and graduated with a degree in Law from St John's College, Cambridge, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3]

Career

Buffini worked for L.E.K. Consulting, and under the firm's scholarship scheme undertook an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3] On return to the UK he joined Imperial Group working as a management consultant, before being recruited by Jon Moulton (now[when?] head of rival firm Better Capital), in 1988 to join Schroders leveraged buyout team, known then as Schroder Ventures Europe.[5]

Buffini became a partner in 1992, and was promoted to managing partner of the UK business in 1999, and managing partner in 2000, just before he led a management buyout group and renamed the firm Permira.[3] Buffini took home £3.2 million plus bonuses in 2004.[3]

Other roles

Buffini was also a non-executive board member of SVG Capital plc[1] and chairman and co-founder of the Social Business Trust.

Buffini established The Buffini Chao Foundation with his wife Lady Buffini in 2005. https://www.buffinichao.com/

He is a main board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and a trustee of the Royal Anniversary Trust, which administers The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.[when?]

In September 2012 Buffini was appointed to the board of governors at The Wellcome Trust.[2]

In July 2020, the UK Government announced Buffini as chair of the Culture Recovery Board, an administrative body tasked with managing the £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund intended to protect UK arts and heritage assets during the Covid-19 crisis.[6]

Recognition

Buffini was ranked first in the men's Top 10 of the 2007 Powerlist, a publication ranking the most influential Black Britons.[7] Buffini's influence has also been recognised in Business, having ranked number three by the Times Power 100 for people who hold sway over British Business.[8] Boasting power and influence, together with a personal fortune of between £100m and £200m., Buffini was appointed to then Prime Minister Gordon Brown's business advisory panel.[9]

Buffini was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for voluntary and charitable services.[10]

Personal life

Married to a solicitor Deborah, the couple have three children and a family home in Weybridge[11] and a city flat in Wandsworth. Buffini plays tennis and golf, football for a local amateur side, and supports Arsenal.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Damon Marcus BUFFINI". London: Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Anon (2016). "Board of Governors". wellcome.ac.uk. London: Wellcome Trust. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Profile of Buffini at Permira". permira.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007.
  4. ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. ^ Griffiths, Ian (6 November 2004). "Permira boss takes home £3.2m - and no surprise as spotlight falls on Buffini". Retrieved 21 February 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ^ "Dowden: 'Jump-start' for UK's leading creative industries". GOV.UK.
  7. ^ "The real black power list of 100 leading role models". The Guardian. 26 August 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. ^ Inventive and dynamic risk-takers who changed the face of Britain – Times Online (subscription required)
  9. ^ Eboda, Michael (26 August 2007). "The real black power list of 100 leading role models". Retrieved 21 February 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  10. ^ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B2.
  11. ^ Invisible man forced into view by his golden touch – Times Online (subscription required)
  12. ^ Jill Treanor (2007). "Profile: Damon Buffini, The football fan who calls the shots". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
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