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letsdothis3 ago

Dec. 2018: Martin Sorrell named in US lawsuit against Grenfell cladding firm

Sir Martin Sorrell and Royal Bank of Scotland have been named in legal action against the manufacturer of cladding installed on Grenfell Tower shortly before last year’s fatal fire.

Sorrell, the British businessman who built the advertising firm WPP into one of the world’s “big four”, was a non-executive director of Arconic and its predecessor business from 2012 until March 2017, three months before the fire which killed 72 people.

Arconic and its board are facing a class action in the US. Brought by investors, the lawsuit alleges that Arconic “knowingly or recklessly” supplied flammable cladding panels for use in highrises such as Grenfell Tower in west London. Other current and former board members named include the Indian industrialist Ratan Tata, the former president of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo and Stanley O’Neal, a former chairman and chief executive of the US investment bank Merrill Lynch.

..Arconic manufactured the external aluminium composite panels used in the refurbishment carried out by Rydon, a construction company contracted by the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation, which managed Grenfell on behalf of the local council.

Voat posts re martin Sorrell:

Dyncorp/Cerberus, the Child Mind Institute, the Owen and Mzee Foundation, a UN backed Clean Cookstoves controversy and the Clinton Global Alliance... And what about the UK connections?

Sir Martin Sorrell of UK is the father of Jonathan Sorrell of Goldman Sachs and Stone Harbour. He donated 21 million British pounds to a pet charity in 2015, Global Fund for Children. [https://www.theguardian.com › Media › Sir Martin Sorrell]. His ties and business interests are worthy of further investigation.