The well-known financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild left the financial institution which bears his household title after an investigation into sexual misconduct in 2003, it has emerged.
De Rothschild, who died two years in the past, was a number one determine in British banking, and monetary adviser to Queen Elizabeth.
The small print have been printed in an inner memo circulated in response to a Guardian article accusing him of sexual assault and harassment in opposition to girls working within the financial institution within the Nineteen Nineties.
The memo mentioned it discovered “no proof” to help these allegations.
A spokesman for the financial institution mentioned it “doesn’t tolerate and by no means will tolerate behaviour of this nature.”
The memo, first printed by the Day by day Telegraph, mentioned: “We found a single grievance of sexual misconduct in late 2003.”
“This case was investigated instantly, handled appropriately, with full help for the colleague involved, and led to Sir Evelyn de Rothschild leaving the group in March 2004.”
“We have now discovered no document of another grievance regarding Sir Evelyn,” the memo added.
The Guardian report mentioned that at the least eight sources had alleged that Sir Evelyn used his place on the financial institution to abuse girls who labored with him.
The ladies felt unable to lift their issues on the time due to Sir Evelyn’s place on the financial institution and in society, the article mentioned.
In addition to his function advising the Queen, Sir Evelyn occupied a outstanding place in British life, and was chairman of the Economist and on the board of the corporate which owned the Day by day Telegraph.
He spent greater than 40 years on the household agency, together with 28 years as chair of NM Rothschild, the group’s UK-based funding financial institution.
He was knighted in 1989.