Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere
Allen John George Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, of Roydon in the County of Essex KCVO Kt FRSA ( born December 25, 1932) is a British business leaders and politicians of the Conservative Party, which is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 1994.
Life
Career
After going to school and studying Sheppard was at Ford in the UK and Ford of Europe worked before joining 1958-1968 in 1968 as Director of Rootes Group. He then in 1971 director of the British Leyland Motor Corporation. In 1975 he moved as a manager into a conglomerate Grand Metropolitan plc and became first Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of its subsidiary Watney Mann & Truman Brewers and then executive director of the group, before 1986-1993 CEO and at the same time from 1987 to 1996 Chairman of the Board of Grand Metropolitan plc was.
During this time, he was from 1981 to 1983 first as a member and from 1983 to 1985 chairman of the board of UBM plc and then between 1985 and 1987 Member of the Supervisory Board of the Mallinson - Denny Group Ltd.. In addition, he was from 1985 to 1990 at times a member of the British Railways Board. Since 1987, Sheppard, Knight Bachelor in 1990 and from then on the additional name "Sir" led, Vice- President of the British Beer and Pub Association, which represents around 96 percent of the breweries and more than half of the pubs, and since 1992 Chairman of London First. In addition, he was from 1990 to 1995 Vice- President of the International Forum of business leaders as well as between 1990 and 1994 and Chairman of the Prince's Youth Business Trust and 1991-1994 Chairman of the Advisory Board of the British American Chamber of Commerce.
Upper House Member and functions in the private sector
By Letters Patent of September 6, 1994 Sheppard was a member of the Executive Board of the Conservative Party was 1992-1992, as a life peer with the title Baron raised Sheppard of Didgemere, of Roydon in the County of Essex to the nobility. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords.
Also in the following years took over Lord Sheppard, the Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1998, numerous tasks in the private sector and was among other director of London Waste Action Ltd (1997 to 1998), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of McBride plc (1995 to 2007), the Bright Reasons Group plc (1995 to 1996), the Unipart Group ( since 1996) and of GB Railways (1996 to 2004). In addition, he was deputy between 1992 and 1994 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Meyer International plc, having belonged to the Supervisory Board since 1989 as a member. He also was a member of the supervisory boards of Rexam plc (1994 to 1995), of High Point Rendel (1997 to 2003), of Gladstone plc (1999 to 2001), of Nyne Ltd. (1999 to 2007), OneClick HR plc (1999 to 2010) and Transware plc (2001 to 2003). Since 2004 he is also Chairman of Namibian Resources plc.
Academic Honors and Awards
Lord Sheppard, who since 1993 has been an honorary fellow of the London Business School ( LBS) and, since 2001, the London School of Economics and Political Science ( LSE), was awarded in 1993 the Gold Medal of the Institute of Management and in 1994 in the International Hall of Fame Marketing Society added.
He also received honorary doctorates from the International Management Centres Association ( 1989), Brunel University (1994 ), London South Bank University ( 1994), the University of East London ( 1997), the University of Westminster (1998) and Middlesex University ( 1999).
Lord Sheppard, who continues to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, since 2000, chancellor of Middlesex University.
Publications
- Your Business Matters (1958 )
- Maximum Leadership (1995 )