Brian Bender
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Sir Brian Bender KCB is a retired Whitehall mandarin who is now chairman of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and a senior adviser to PR and lobbying firm MHP Communications.
Life after the civil service
Bender's last position before leaving the civil service in April 2009 was as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments granted him 'unconditional approval to take up his role' at MHP (formerly known as Mandate Communications) in July 2010 and as chairman of the LME in April 2010. [1]
He retired on an annual income of £75,000 with a lump sum of up to £220,000 to £225,000 - a pension that the Telegraph newspaper estimated would be worth £1.85million if bought on the open market.
Corporate hospitality
In 2009 Bender was reported to have been Whitehall's biggest recipient of corporate hospitality in 2008. Hospitality came from firms such as KPMG, BT, Shell and Vodafone and included tickets for him and his wife for the Derby, Wimbledon and the Chelsea Flower Show. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) Annual Report 2010-2011
- ↑ Christopher Hope 'Brian Bender, civil servant who accepted most freebies, to retire with £1.85m pension', 13 February 2009, accessed 10 August 2011
