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Alexander David "Lex" Greensill CBE (born 29 December 1976 [1]) is an Australian former businessman best known for being the founder of Greensill Capital, a company focused on supply chain finance and derivative financial products that on 8 March 2021 filed for insolvency protection [2] and faced legal scrutiny.
Greensill Capital was a financial services company based in the United Kingdom and Australia. Its main business was the provision of supply chain financing and related services. The company was founded in 2011 by Lex Greensill. It filed for insolvency protection on 8 March 2021. [2]
The Greensill scandal was a political controversy in the United Kingdom related to lobbying activities on behalf of financial services company Greensill Capital. It implicated former Prime Minister David Cameron , former Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood and several other civil servants, and occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, has written to a Parliamentary committee to clarify Lex Greensill did have 'some form of contract' in Whitehall.
Australian banker Lex Greensill was brought in as an adviser to the government while Cameron was British prime minister from 2010 to 2016. After leaving office, Cameron in turn became an adviser ...
Greensill began to unravel last Monday when its main insurer stopped providing credit insurance on $4.1 billion of debt in portfolios it had created for clients including Swiss bank Credit Suisse.
Darren Tierney, director general of propriety and ethics in the Cabinet Office, said financier Lex Greensill’s exact role as an adviser was ‘unclear’.
The demise of Greensill Capital jeopardised 5,000 steelmaking jobs in the UK. Lex Greensill to be questioned over firm’s collapse and lobbying Skip to main content