Charles Allen, Baron Allen of Kensington

He was chairman of Endemol, 2 Sisters Food Group and ISS, a non-executive director of Tesco and Virgin Media.When Granada merged with Carlton Communications in 2004 to form ITV plc, Allen became the new company's Chief Executive.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.In May 2021, it was announced that Allen would be the next chairman of the Balfour Beatty construction group, succeeding Philip Aiken from 20 July 2021.[10] 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".
The Right HonourableMember of the House of LordsLord TemporalIncumbentLife PeerageLanarkshireLabourKensingtonLondonGranada GroupNon-exec. directorTesco plcExec. chairmanITV plcGlobal RadioLabour PartyBritish Red CrossISS A/SBalfour BeattyInvictus GamesTHG plcMoelis & Company2 Sisters Food GroupVirgin MediaEd MilibandBellshillNorth LanarkshireGranada plcGranada TelevisionForte GroupYorkshire-Tyne Tees TelevisionCarlton CommunicationsChief ExecutiveGoldman SachsEndemolGlobal Group2002 Commonwealth GamesLondon 2012Olympic VillagePhilip AikenMatt MouldingBritish Horseracing AuthorityCommander of the Order of the British Empire2003 New Year HonoursXVII Commonwealth Gamesknighted2012 New Year Honours2012 OlympicsParalympicsLife PeerRoyal Borough of Kensington and ChelseaThe GuardianWayback MachineThe London GazetteThe Daily TelegraphThe IndependentMichael GradeOrders of precedence in the United KingdomThe Lord BalfeGentlemenThe Lord Palumbo of SouthwarkInternational Emmy Directorate AwardCharles CurranJoseph V. CharykTalbot DuckmantonRoberto MarinhoHoward ThomasAlphonse QuimetPrix ItaliaFrank StantonLew GradeHuw WheldonAkio MoritaSidney BernsteinLeonard GoldensonHerbert SchmertzJeremy IsaacsTed TurnerHenrikas YushkiavitshusSilvio BerlusconiJohn BirtSam NilssonRalph BaruchGustavo CisnerosGreg DykeRonald S. LauderPatrick Le LayLorne MichaelsSubhash ChandraAnke SchäferkordtRoberto Irineu MarinhoRichard PleplerEmilio Azcárraga JeanSophie Turner LaingChristiane AmanpourThomas BellutEkta KapoorGlobalAshley Tabor-KingExecutive PresidentChairmanRichard ParkCapitalCapital DanceCapital CymruCapital XtraCapital Xtra ReloadedClassic FMHeart DanceLBC NewsSmooth RadioSmooth ChillSmooth 70sRadio XGlobal's Make Some NoiseGlobal AcademyList of Global Group stationsLeicester SquareGlobal Radio timelineGlobal Awards