The CBI’s former chief economist Rain Newton-Smith is taking over as director general of the business lobby group today.
The CBI’s former chief economist Rain Newton-Smith is taking over as director general of the business lobby group today.
The group is battling for survival amid allegations of sexual misconduct first reported by the Guardian, including two women who claimed they were raped.
On Monday, the CBI president, Brian McBride, said in a letter to its members that the organisation had “made mistakes” and “badly let down” its staff.
He said the future of the group was hanging in the balance, and that he did not know if members would be able to “consider trusting us again”.
