The former head of one of Britain’s leading business groups has been banned from serving as a director for “abusing” state COVID-19 business loans.
Award-nominated businesswoman Anna Daroy has 35 years experience advising company boards in the public and private sector and served as the interim director general of the Institute of Directors (IoD), a prominent business lobby group, from October 2018 to November 2019.
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She herself has now been barred from being a director for 11 years after failing to pay back a £50,000 loan overpayment.
It means Ms Daroy cannot be involved in the promotion, formation or management of a company without court permission.
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