Unlike most city grandees, Paul Myners was a consistent advocate of social change. Last year a small group of us, volunteers campaigning to protect the BBC and public service broadcasting, went to him for help and advice, and he agreed to chair the British Broadcasting Challenge.
The venture benefited immeasurably from his incisive intelligence, the speed of his decision-making, and his conviction that the government had to be stopped from wrecking a great British institution. He was fearless, asking embarrassing questions in the House of Lords and using freedom of information (FOI) inquiries with relish. He thought it was the right thing to do and we miss him very much.
