Tony Danker


Tony Danker is a British businessman, and will be director-general of the Confederation of British Industry from November 2020.

Early life

Danker was born in Belfast. He was educated at Belfast Royal Academy, earned a law degree from the University of Manchester, and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Career

Danker was chief strategy officer at Guardian News and Media, which publishes the Guardian and Observer. Since 2017, he has been chief executive of Be the Business, a government and industry-funded body launched by George Osborne that aims to make British companies more productive.
Danker was chair of the Union of Jewish Students from 1993 to 1994.
Danker has also been a special adviser to HM Treasury, and a consultant at McKinsey. He worked for the former Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, from 1994 to 1996.
In June 2020, it was announced that Danker would take over as CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn in November 2020, after five years in post.

Personal life

Danker is married, with two sons, and lives in London. He is Jewish.