Robin Budenberg CBE is Chair of the Crown Estate. He is also London Chairman of Centerview Partners, a US based corporate advisory firm and a Non-Executive Director of Charity Bank. Robin was previously Chief Executive and subsequently Chairman of UK Financial Investments, the body responsible for managing the Government's investments in the UK banking industry.

Before that, Robin spent 25 years with S G Warburg/UBS advising major UK companies on strategy and corporate transactions. He also advised the UK Government on a number of issues, including the 2008 bailout of the UK banking industry.