Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere
Politician
1932 –
Who is Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere?
Allen John George Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere KCVO is an industrialist.
He was educated at Ilford County High School and the London School of Economics.
He worked first in car manufacturing: Ford of Britain and Ford of Europe, 1958–68; Rootes/Chrysler, 1968–71; British Leyland, 1971–75. He then moved to Grand Metropolitan, 1975–96, being Chief Executive, 1986–93 and Chairman, 1987–96.
He was chairman of the Board of Trustees, Prince's Youth Business Trust, 1990–94 and of the Prince's Trust Council, 1995-98. He was a member of the Board of Management of the Conservative Party, 1993-98. He has been a governor of LSE since 1989 and Chancellor, Middlesex University since 2000.
He was made a knight in 1990, a life peer as Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, of Roydon in the County of Essex in 1994 and a KCVO in 1998.
From 1996 to 2003 he was non-executive Chairman of GB Railways Group Plc, a train company listed on the Alternative Investment Market which operated the Anglia Railways franchise, and which launched GB Railfreight and Hull Trains.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1932
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
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on July 23, 2013
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