[5][7] From 2017 to 2020, he was chief executive of Be the Business, a government and industry-funded body launched by George Osborne aiming to make British companies more productive.
[7][6] In June 2020, it was announced that he would be the next director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI): he succeeded Carolyn Fairbairn in November 2020.
[7] In 2023, Danker stepped aside after accusations arose of inappropriate workplace conduct involving a female employee earlier in the year.
[8] On 11 April 2023, the CBI announced that Danker had been dismissed with immediate effect as his conduct had "fallen short of that expected of the director general".
[11] In November 2022, Danker said higher growth was needed and otherwise the UK would not afford the growing health and social care costs.