Former CBI boss Ranjit Sinha has said his reputation "totally destroyed" by allegations of misconduct.

Key Highlights :

1. Police launched an investigation after the business group fired Tony Danker and suspended three other employees.

2. The board of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said Mr Danker’s conduct “fell short” of what was expected of him and said there had been “serious failings” in how it acted as an organization.

3. In his first interview since his firing on April 11, Mr Danker told the BBC his name had been wrongly associated with separate claims.

4. He also told the broadcaster his termination letter had cited four reasons for his dismissal: For organizing a secret and private karaoke party for 15 people, for viewing the Instagram accounts of CBI staff, for sending non-work related messages to staff and for inviting junior staff to breakfasts, lunches or one-on-one meetings.

5. While Mr Danker acknowledged he had made some staff feel “very uncomfortable” and he apologized for that, the former CBI boss insisted he had “never used sexually suggestive language with people” at the company.

6. “You know, there was an incident somebody raised a complaint about unwanted contact, which was verbal contact,” he added. “There was never any physical contact. I’ve never had any physical contact. I’ve never used any sexual language. I’ve never propositioned anybody.”

7. Mr Danker believed he had been assigned as “the fall guy” for a wider crisis engulfing the lobby group which is facing a number of claims – some of which predated Mr Danker’s time at CBI.

8. Mr Danker said his reputation had been “totally trashed” because these claims – which included drug use as well as serious sexual assault -emerged a matter of weeks after the CBI disclosed that it was looking into separate allegations of misconduct against him.

9. He admitted to messaging around 200 individual staff members at the company but insisted it was to try and build “rapport” during lockdown and with colleagues who continued to work from home.

10. Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Waight earlier confirmed the City of London Police approached CBI following media reports of misconduct, but investigations were still at a “very early stage”.

     The recently sacked boss of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) says his “reputation has been totally destroyed” following misconduct allegations.

     John Cridland, who was sacked on Thursday, said he was “devastated” by the allegations and that they had caused him “great personal stress”.

     The CBI said it had received a “number of complaints” about Mr Cridland’s behaviour and had launched an investigation.

     In a statement, Mr Cridland said he had “always conducted myself in a professional and lawful manner” and had “never knowingly or wilfully contravened the law”.

     He added that he was “disappointed that the CBI has chosen to act in this way” and apologised to his colleagues and the organisation’s members.

     The allegations against Mr Cridland emerged on Thursday morning, just hours after he had been appointed interim boss of the CBI.

     In a statement, the organisation said that it had received a “number of complaints” about Mr Cridland’s behaviour, which it had been investigating.

     It said that Mr Cridland had been “terminated with immediate effect” after the investigation had been completed.

     Mr Cridland, who had been chief executive of the CBI since December 2012, had been in the job less than a month.

     In his statement, Mr Cridland said: “I have always conducted myself in a professional and lawful manner and have never knowingly or wilfully contravened the law.

     “I am devastated that my reputation has been totally destroyed by these allegations. My personal stress has been enormous and I apologise to my colleagues and the CBI’s members for the disruption this has caused.”

     The allegations against Mr Cridland emerged on Thursday morning, just hours after he had been appointed interim boss of the CBI.

     In a statement, the organisation said that it had received a “number of complaints” about Mr Cridland’s behaviour, which it had been investigating.

     It said that Mr Cridland had been “terminated with immediate effect” after the investigation had been completed.

     Mr Cridland, who had been chief executive of the CBI since December 2012, had been in the job less than a month.

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