Damon Buffini

British businessman (born 1962)

Sir Damon Marcus Buffini (born May 1962) is a British businessman, deputy chair of the BBC Board and chair of the BBC Commercial Board. He was formerly head of the private equity company Permira and governor of the Wellcome Trust.²

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Born May 1962.¹

Companies

Social Business TrustFounder¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Cambridge³
Date not recordedHarvard Business School³
Date not recordedSt John's College³

Born in Leicester in 1962, the son of an African-American serviceman and a British woman, he was educated at Gateway Grammar-Technical School in Leicester and graduated with a degree in law from St John's College, Cambridge, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson, manager.⁹

Since 2026Chairperson, Queen Elizabeth Trust^{6 8}
Since 2022Deputy chairperson, British Broadcasting Corporation⁶
Since 2022Non-executive director, British Broadcasting Corporation^{6 7}
Date not recordedWorked at Permira⁴
Date not recordedWorked at British Broadcasting Corporation⁴
Date not recordedWorked at SVG Capital⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Wellcome Trust⁴
Date not recordedFounded Social Business Trust⁵

Buffini worked for L.E.K. Consulting, and under the firm's scholarship scheme undertook an MBA from Harvard Business School. On return to the UK he joined Imperial Group working as a management consultant, before being recruited by Jon Moulton (now head of rival firm Better Capital), in 1988 to join Schroders leveraged buyout team, known then as Schroder Ventures Europe.

Buffini became a partner in 1992, and was promoted to managing partner of the UK business in 1999, and managing partner in 2000, just before he led a management buyout group and renamed the firm Permira. Buffini took home £3.2 million plus bonuses in 2004.

In November 2021 he was appointed as a non-executive director of the BBC Board, effective from 1 January 2022, and subsequently also as chair of the BBC's commercial board. In December 2022 the BBC Board created the honorary title of deputy chair to be held ex-officio by the chair of the BBC commercial board, with Buffini assuming the title on 9 December 2022.

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Personal life

BornMay 1962, Leicester¹⁰
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom¹¹

Married to a solicitor, Deborah (née Chao), the couple have three children and a family home in Weybridge and a city flat in Wandsworth.

Buffini plays tennis and golf, football for a local amateur side, and supports Arsenal.

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Awards

2016Knight Bachelor¹²

Sources

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WikidataDamon Buffini: Worked at Permira, on Wikidata
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WikidataDamon Buffini: Founded Social Business Trust, on Wikidata
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WikidataDamon Buffini: Non-executive director, British Broadcasting Corporation, on Wikidata
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WikidataNon-executive director, British Broadcasting Corporation, as reported
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WikidataChairperson, Queen Elizabeth Trust, as reported
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WikidataSocial Business Trust, Founder

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