Charles Allen, Baron Allen of Kensington

The Right Honourable
The Lord Allen of Kensington
CBE
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 October 2013
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born4 January 1957 (1957-01-04) (age 67)
Lanarkshire, Scotland[1]
Political partyLabour
Residence(s)Kensington, London, England
OccupationCEO of Granada Group (1996–2000)
Non-exec. director of Tesco plc (1999–2010)[2]
Exec. chairman of Granada Media plc (2000–04)
CEO of ITV plc (2004–07)
Chairman of Global Radio (2007–present)
Exec. chairman of EMI (2008–10)
Chairman of Executive Board of the Labour Party (March 2012-2015)
Chairman of British Red Cross (2013–2014)
Chairman of ISS A/S (2013–2021)
Chairman of Balfour Beatty (2021–present)
Chairman of Invictus Games (2020–present)
Chairman of THG plc (2022–present)[3]

Charles Lamb Allen, Baron Allen of Kensington, CBE (born 4 January 1957) is a British businessman, broadcaster, and chairman of Balfour Beatty, Invictus Games, THG plc, Global Radio 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, 2 Sisters Food Group and ISS, a non-executive director of Tesco 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.

  1. ^ "The Charles Allen years". The Guardian. 8 August 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Board of Directors". Tesco. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  3. ^ "THG hires ex-ITV boss Lord Allen as first external chairman in push to repair relations with the City". Evening Standard. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.