John Manzoni
John Manzoni is chief executive of the UK Civil Service and a non-chief executive director at drinks company SABMiller. He has also worked at oil companies BP and Talisman Energy.
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Career
Oil man
Manzoni joined BP in 1983, holding many senior roles including group managing director. During his time at BP, Lord Browne, the UK government’s current lead non-executive director, was chief executive. In 2005, whilst in charge of BP, an explosion occurred in the Texas City oil refinery, killing 15 people and injuring at least 170 others.[1] An internal report accused Manzoni of failing to perform his duties in the run-up to the explosion.[2]
In 2007 he left BP, to join Talisman Energy as president and chief executive.[3]
In February 2014 he was appointed chief executive of the UK's Major Projects Authority.[4]
Controversy resulted from the government's decision to allow Manzoni to retain his roles on the board of SABMiller, as chairman of Leyshon Energy and as an adviser to Adamant Ventures.[5]
In October 2014 Manzoni was appointed Britain's first chief executive of the civil service; in this role he will oversee administrative and commercial performance of government departments. He has left his roles at Leyshon Energy and Adamant Ventures but the Cabinet Office have allowed him to continue as non-executive director at SABMiller, something that has met much criticism, partly due to SABMiller's influential role in stopping the plans for minimum unit pricing for alcohol. Labour MP John Mann, Green MP Caroline Lucas and Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston have all spoken out about the conflict of interest the two position create. Further suspicion has also arisen as Manzoni's former boss Lord Browne was one of six members of the appointment panel.[5][6]
Education
Notes
- ↑ Daniel Schorn The explosion at Texas City CBS News, 31 May 2007, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ Richard Wray and Andrew Clark BP refining boss at time of Texas City blast quits with year's pay The Guardian, 31 May 2007, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ Jane Dudman Who is new civil service chief executive John Manzoni? The Guardian, 3 October 2014, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ John Manzoni to lead Major Projects Authority Gov.uk, 3 February 2014, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rowena Mason and Rupert Neate Civil service boss John Manzoni to keep his brewery directorship The Guardian, 10 October 2014, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ Rowena Mason and Rupert Neate New civil service chief must resign from second job, says health committee chair The Guardian, 13 October 2014, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ John Manzoni Linkedin, accessed 28 October 2014
