Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere

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Allen John George Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere Kt KCVO FRSA (* December 25, 1932 - March 25, 2015 ) was a British economic manager and politician of the Conservative Party , who had been a life peer member of the House of Lords since 1994 .

Life

Professional career

After attending school and studying, Sheppard worked for Ford in Great Britain and Ford of Europe between 1958 and 1968 , before moving to the Rootes Group as a director in 1968 . He then became director of the British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1971 . In 1975 he moved to the conglomerate Grand Metropolitan plc as a manager and first became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its subsidiary Watney Mann & Truman Brewers and then Managing Director of the group, before becoming CEO between 1986 and 1993 and also Chairman of the Executive Board from 1987 to 1996 Metropolitan plc was.

During this time he was a member of the supervisory board of UBM plc between 1981 and 1983 and chairman of the supervisory board from 1983 to 1985 and then a member of the supervisory board of Mallinson-Denny Group Ltd. He was also a member of the British Railways Board from 1985 to 1990 . Sheppard, who became a Knight Bachelor in 1990 and henceforth had the suffix “Sir”, has been 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 has been Chairman of London First since 1987 . He was Vice President of the International Forum of Business Leaders from 1990 to 1995, Chairman of the Prince's Youth Business Trust between 1990 and 1994 and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the British American Chamber of Commerce from 1991 to 1994 .

Member of the House of Lords and functions in the private sector

By a letters patent dated September 6, 1994, Sheppard, who was a member of the Executive Committee of the Conservative Party between 1993 and 1998 , was raised to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Sheppard of Didgemere , of Roydon in the County of Essex . Shortly after its introduction was carried out ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords .

In the following years, Lord Sheppard, who became Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1998 , took on numerous tasks in the private sector and was, among other things, Director of London Waste Action Ltd (1997 to 1998), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of McBride plc (1995 to 2007) , BrightReasons Group plc (1995 to 1996), Unipart Group (since 1996) and GB Railways (1996 to 2004). Furthermore, he was Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Meyer International plc between 1992 and 1994, after having been a member of the Supervisory Board since 1989. He was also a member of the boards of directors of Rexam plc (1994 to 1995), High Point Rendel (1997 to 2003), Gladstone plc (1999 to 2001), Nyne Ltd (1999 to 2007), and OneClick HR plc (1999 to 2010) and Transware plc (2001 to 2003). Since 2004 he has also been Chairman of Namibian Resources plc.

In January 2015 he was granted a so-called Leave of Absence by the House of Lords . Sheppard died on March 25, 2015.

Academic honors and awards

Lord Sheppard, who has been an Honorary Fellow of the London Business School (LBS) since 1993 and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) since 2001 , was awarded the gold medal of the Institute of Management in 1993 and was made a member of the International Hall of Fame in 1994 Marketing Society added.

He also received honorary doctorates from the International Management Centers Association (1989), Brunel University (1994), London South Bank University (1994), University of East London (1997), University of Westminster (1998) and Middlesex University ( 1999).

Lord Sheppard, who was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts , had been Chancellor of Middlesex University since 2000 .

Publications

  • Your Business Matters (1958)
  • Maximum Leadership (1995)

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personal data
SURNAME Sheppard, Allen, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sheppard, Allen John George, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and business manager
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1932
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2015