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Paul Kenward

Paul Kenward

British businessman


Paul Robert Kenward (born (1973-11-10) November 10, 1973 (age 50))[1] is a British businessman, managing director of British Sugar and a director of several other companies.

Early life

Born in the Royal Borough of Greenwich,[2] Kenward was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Buckinghamshire, where he won academic prizes.[3] He later attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford Union in the Trinity term of 1996.

Career

Kenward's directorships include British Sugar, Pride Oils PLC, Westmill Foods, BE International Foods, Seedcote Systems Ltd., Germain's (UK) Ltd., the Wereham Gravel Company, ABF Grain Products, Mitra Sugar, Davjon Food and others.[4][5][6]

In May 2018 it was reported that Kenward was operating Britain's largest legal cannabis farm. His company produces a non-psychoactive variety of the drug which is used in children's epilepsy medicine. His wife, Victoria Atkins, announced that she would no longer be speaking for the government on cannabis and some other aspects of her drugs brief, with the Home Office commenting that she had "voluntarily recused herself from policy or decisions relating to cannabis".[7][8][9]

Personal life

He is the husband of the British Conservative MP Victoria Atkins.[10]


References

  1. Companies House
  2. "KENWARD, PAUL ROBERT", in Register of Births for Greenwich Registration District, vol. 5B (1973), p. 834
  3. Beaconsfield Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1991, page 12
  4. Paul Robert Kenward at companieshouse.gov.uk, accessed 24 March 2019
  5. Paul Kenward at bloomberg.com
  6. Gilligan, Andrew (13 May 2018). "Drug minister Victoria Atkins's husband oversees cannabis farm". The Sunday Times.
  7. Bradshaw, Julia (25 October 2016). "British Sugar to cultivate cannabis plants in Norfolk for GW Pharmaceuticals". The Daily Telegraph.



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