Lord Allen of Kensington CBEBusinessman, broadcaster, and chairman

Lord Allens business career ranges from media to hospitality. He is especially known for his contribution to the television industry, having played a key role in the creation of ITV.

Lord Allen is a Chair of Balfour Beatty Plc, The Hut Group Plc, the British Horseracing Association and the Invictus Games Foundation. He is also a Senior Director of Global Media & Entertainment Limited.

He was a former Chairman of Granada Media plc, Chief Executive of Granada Group plc and ITV plc and Chairman of EMI Music, Endemol, The British Red Cross, 2 Sisters Food Group and ISS A/S.   He has also served on the board of Tesco plc, Virgin Media and GET AS, and been Chief Adviser to the Home Office and a Senior Advisor to Goldman Sachs and Advisory Chairman at Moelis & Company.

Lord Allen was Vice Chairman of the London 2012 bid company, non –executive director of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and Chairman of the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002.

In 2002 he was awarded a CBE for his services to Sport and Community and in 2012 he was appointed a Knight Bachelor for his services to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

He was given the Freedom of the City of London in 2006.

In 2013 Lord Allen was given a peerage and sits on the Labour benches.