UK Government Investments

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UK Government Investments Ltd.
Company type State owned
Industry Holding company
Predecessors
Founded1 April 2016;7 years ago (2016-04-01)
Headquarters,
England, UK
Key people
M. S. Banga (Chairman)
Owner HM Government (HM Treasury)
Subsidiaries UK Financial Investments
Website www.ukgi.org.uk

UK Government Investments (UKGI) is a company owned by the Government of the United Kingdom which combines the former functions of the Shareholder Executive and UK Financial Investments based in London, England. [1]

Contents

UKGI manages a portfolio of 17 businesses, including NatWest Group, Channel 4 and Urenco Group. [2] [3]

M. S. Banga is the chairman [4] and Charles Donald is the chief executive.

List of companies

As of October 2021, the following public sector and state owned enterprises, wholly or partially owned, which the UKGI works with are: [5]

Senior leadership

List of former chairmen

  1. Robert Swannell (2016–2021)

List of former chief executives

  1. Mark Russell (2016–2019)

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References

  1. "UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  2. "Our Partner Bodies" . Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. Wearden, Graeme; Fletcher, Nick; Partington, Richard (4 June 2018). "UK government to sell £2.6bn of RBS shares, Brexit hits UK construction- as it happened". The Guardian via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "Vindi Banga appointed as new Chair of UK Government Investments". UK Government Investments (UKGI). 2 August 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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