Sir Martin Sorrell has been dragged into the fallout from the Grenfell Tower disaster through a lawsuit against Arconic, manufacturer of the cladding panels blamed for the rapid spread of the fire, The Times has learnt. The former chief executive of WPP, the advertising giant, was a director of Arconic. He and other individuals connected to the $10 billion engineering company are being sued in the US over allegations that they failed to disclose that the panels were unsafe. Sir Martin, 73, was appointed as a director of Arconic, formerly known as Alcoa, in January 2012. Plans to renovate Grenfell Tower were published later that year and the work, complete with the Arconic panels, was finished in 2016. Sir Martin gave up his directorship in
Sir Martin Sorrell, the executive chairman of S4 Capital, has been named alongside 12 current and former directors of Arconic in a class action lawsuit linked to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire. Between January 2012 and March 2017 Sorrell was a director of Arconic, which manufactured the cladding panels blamed for the rapid spread of the fire that killed 72 people. The lawsuit, which could include thousands of investors, is seeking damages for a loss in Arconic's share price following the tragedy. A spokesperson from S4's legal department said: "We are pleased with this decision by the High Court as it confirms our position on the matter and ensures we will be able to continue working closely together with