The man arrested over the “jogger rage” attack on Putney Bridge is a partner at a Mayfair-based private equity firm, the Standard can reveal.

Eric Bellquist, 50, was detained by detectives on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a woman was pushed in front of a bus. However, he has denied being the jogger and says he was in the United States at the time of the incident.

Officers released dramatic CCTV footage of the incident this week in a bid to track down the jogger. Last night police arrested Mr Belquist at an address in Chelsea.

He was questioned at a south London police station and later released without being charged.

The Met said: “Police investigating an assault after a jogger appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in Putney have made an arrest.

“A 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm following police enquiries at an address in the Chelsea area on the morning of Thursday, August 10.

“He was taken to a south London police station for questioning. He has been released under investigation pending further enquiries.”

Mr Bellquist, who graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder, works for Hutton Collins Partners, which owns Byron. He sits on the boards of the restaurant chains as a non-executive director. He previously worked for Lehman Brothers.

His lawyers, Duncan Lewis solicitors, said: “This statement is issued in relation to our client Mr Eric Bellquist, who was arrested yesterday in relation to an incident that took place between a male jogger and a female pedestrian on May 5, 2017, on Putney Bridge.

“Our client has been wrongly implicated in this matter; he categorically denies being the individual concerned and has irrefutable proof that he was in the United States at the time of the incident. Consequently we expect a swift resolution to this wholly untrue allegation.”

Police originally gave the arrested man’s age as 41 but later corrected this to 50. On Friday, the Met then corrected this to 41 again. The woman, who lives in Putney, was walking to work when the jogger appeared to angle his run towards her.

The CCTV footage shows him colliding with her and she falls into oncoming traffic. The bus misses her by inches before stopping, as the jogger runs off.

The police said she suffered bruising and back pain and was left “distressed”.

Update 12/8/2017: Police say Eric Bellquist has been eliminated from their enquiries and will face no further action over the incident. Read the full story here.