The new boss of business organisation the CBI has said she is determined to win back the trust of its members and become the voice of UK business again, ahead of a crunch meeting on how it is dealing with a sexual harassment crisis.
The organisation is holding an emergency meeting on June 6 where it will ask members to vote on its future following revelations that more than a dozen women who worked at the trade body have claimed they were sexually harassed by colleagues, with two saying they were raped.
The CBI dismissed “a number of people” after the misconduct allegations came to light while former director-general Tony Danker was fired over unrelated issues, claiming that he had been made the “fall guy” for things that happened before his time at the organisation. New director-general Rain Newton-Smith was brought back to lead the organisation, having briefly left to join Barclays.
