Paul Robert Kenward (born 1973) is an English businessman, managing director of British Sugar and a director of several other companies.
Early life Born in the Royal Borough of Greenwich,"KENWARD, PAUL ROBERT", in Register of Births for Greenwich Registration District, vol. 5B (1973), p. 834 Kenward was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Buckinghamshire, where he won academic prizes.Beaconsfield Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1991, page 12 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, Mitra Sugar, Davjon Food and various others. Paul Kenward at bloomberg.comA message from British Sugar MD, Paul Kenward at BritishSugar.co.uk
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, the Conservative minister 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".Sheebab Khan, Drugs minister accused of 'hypocrisy on a grand scale' over husband's involvement in legal cannabis farm in The Independent dated 17 May 2018
Personal life He is the husband of the British Conservative MP Victoria Atkins.Mr P.R. Kenward and Miss V.M. Atkins - Engagements Announcements in The Daily Telegraph at announcements.telegraph.co.uk
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