Sir David Robert Varney (11 May 1946 – 2 October 2024) was a British public servant who was the chairman of HM Revenue and Customs from its establishment in April 2005 to the end of August 2006.
[1] After graduating in Chemistry from the University of Surrey, where he was President of the Students' Union, Varney joined Shell in 1968.
In June 1996 Varney joined BG (formerly British Gas), as Chief Executive designate of the proposed BG plc and was appointed Chief Executive the following year, overseeing the successful demerger of Lattice plc.
Varney was appointed the first executive chairman of the merged organisation having carried out that role in a shadow capacity from October 2004.
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