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Charles
Lamb Allen, Baron Allen of Kensington,
CBE (born 4 January
1957) is a British businessman and broadcaster, and the chairman of Global
Radio, 2 Sisters Food Group, ISS and Advisory chairman at Moelis & Company.
Lord Allen was chief executive of Granada Group from 1996 to 2000, executive
chairman of Granada Media plc from 2000 to 2004, chief executive of ITV plc
from its formation in 2004 until 2007, and chairman of the music company EMI.
He was chairman of Endemol, a non-executive director of Tesco plc and Virgin
Media. In March 2012, he was appointed by Ed Miliband, the leader of the
Labour Party, to the position of chairman of the executive board of the party.
He has been chairman of the British Red Cross.
Allen was educated at Bellshill Academy,[3]
a state school in the town of Bellshill in North Lanarkshire in central
Scotland. He did not attend university, and says of his life, "It's been an
amazing journey considering I left school at 17 with no job to go to".[4]
Allen joined Granada plc in 1991, originally as CEO of Granada Television,
before becoming Group Chief Executive in 1996. During his time at Granada, he
was instrumental in the takeover of Forte Group for £3.9 billion in 1996, and
the takeovers of LWT and Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television in 1994 and 1999
respectively. In 2001 Granada Group merged with Compass to form Granada
Compass, then demerged into Granada Media plc and Compass Group. He remained
with Granada when the two companies demerged, and became Executive Chairman of
Granada plc in 2001. When Granada merged with Carlton Communications in 2004
to form ITV plc, Allen became the new company's Chief Executive.[5]
In 2006, Allen stepped down after fifteen years with the company.[6]
From 2006 to 2008, Allen was previously Chief Advisor to the British Home
Office. He has also been a Senior Advisor to Goldman Sachs Private Equity,
non-executive director of Endemol and Virgin Media and executive Chairman of
EMI.[7]
As of 2018, he is Chairman of ISS Group, 2 Sisters Food Group and Global
Group — which owns Capital, Heart, Classic FM, LBC, Radio X and Gold — as well
as advisory Chairman of Moelis & Company.
Allen chaired the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He was a member of the London
2012 Olympic bid team and a Director of the London Organising Committee of the
Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. He was also Mayor of the Olympic Village.
Allen was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in
the 2003 New Year Honours "for services to the XVII Commonwealth Games".[8]
He was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours "for services to the 2012
Olympics and Paralympics".[9][10]
On 1 August 2013, it was announced that Allen was to become a Labour peer
in a list of new appointments to the House of Lords.[11]
He was created a Life Peer on 2 October 2013 taking the title Baron Allen of
Kensington, of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.[12]
In May 2016, Allen was appointed as a member of the Lords Communications
Committee.[7]
In 2005 he was awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool.[13]
Allen lives in Kensington with his partner of more than 20 years,
Michael Fisher, an architect.[14]
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