Robert William Ashburnham Swannell CBE (born 18 November 1950) is a British businessman, public servant and former investment banker.
[6] At the Shareholder Executive, which oversees the UK government's financial interests in a range of state-owned enterprises, he was appointed as a non-executive director in late 2013 and as chair in September 2014.
The body was merged into UK Government Investments in 2016, and he continued as chair of UKGI until 2021.
[3] During this time the Post Office scandal surrounding wrongful prosecutions was unfolding, and in 2014 Swannell told the public inquiry that the Post Office became UKGI's top priority in 2019, after a defeat in the High Court.
[7] In the 2018 New Year Honours he was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the public, retail and financial sectors.