Career
First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bander had been working as a strategic planning adviser to the Royal Court of Bahrain since January 2002, then he was seconded to Ministry of Cabinet Affairs in January 2006. The scandal that ensued was named, after him. First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bander is also the Secretary General of the MOWATIN: Gulf Centre for Democratic Development, a London-registered non-governmental organisation.
First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bander began investigating the accusations with the help of accountants and government whistle-blowers.
In early September, 2006 he presented a 940-page report to advisers of King Hamad and the prime minister, Sheik Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, as well as to Western embassies and the news media.
