Facts: - title: non-executive 13 -rrb- chairman , the co-operative bank -lrb- 2009 -- - years active: 1975 -- present - birth date: 05 june 1950 - name: paul flowers - organization: the co-operative group - birth place: portsmouth , hampshire , england , uk - occupation: retired Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul flowers -lrb- banker -rrb- .
reverend paul flowers ba -lrb- hons -rrb- frsa frgs , -lrb- born 5 june 1950 -rrb- is an english businessman and ordained methodist minister , currently suspended indefinitely by the church .a former labour councillor in rochdale , he was formerly non-executive chairman of the co-operative bank .in 2013 , the activities of flowers , who had occupied a variety of powerful political and business posts , and who had been appointed by labour leader ed miliband to a senior post in 2010 , were widely reported in the media .flowers was filmed by an acquaintance in his car apparently agreeing to buy cocaine and methamphetamine , and appearing to count large sums of money while discussing his use of a range of other non-medicinal drugs .he was subsequently taken to court and convicted of the offence .soon after the filming of the apparent purchase of non-medicinal drugs was released to the media , it was revealed that , while deputy head of social services at rochdale council , flowers had known about the activities of paedophiles at a residential boys ' school , but had neither informed parents nor taken measures to close the school , was responsible for rejecting allegations of child sex abuse by the late cyril smith , and that , in 2011 , while working at bradford council , '' inappropriate but not illegal adult content was found on a council computer handed in by councillor flowers for servicing .this was put to him and he resigned immediately . ''several newspapers reported allegations that he communicated with rent boys using his work email account while he was in charge of the co-operative bank , and was convicted of carrying out a sex act in a public toilet more than 30 years ago .after the bank lost # 700m in the first half of 2013 , and a # 1.5 billion hole in the bank 's finances was discovered by the new chief executive euan sutherland in may 2013 , flowers resigned in june 2013 .