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Paul Robert Kenward is a British businessman, managing directorofBritish Sugar and a director of several other companies.

Early life

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Born in the Royal Borough of Greenwich,[1] Kenward was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar SchoolinBuckinghamshire, where he won academic prizes.[2] He later attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford Union in the Trinity term of 1996.

Career

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Kenward's directorships include British Sugar, Pride Oils PLC, Westmill Foods, BE International Foods, Mitra Sugar, Davjon Food and various others.[3][4]

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".[5][6][7]

Personal life

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He is the husband of the British Conservative MP Victoria Atkins.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "KENWARD, PAUL ROBERT", in Register of Births for Greenwich Registration District, vol. 5B (1973), p. 834
  • ^ Beaconsfield Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1991, page 12
  • ^ Paul Kenward at bloomberg.com
  • ^ A message from British Sugar MD, Paul Kenward at BritishSugar.co.uk
  • ^ Gilligan, Andrew (13 May 2018). "Drug minister Victoria Atkins's husband oversees cannabis farm". The Sunday Times.
  • ^ Sheebab Khan, Drugs minister accused of 'hypocrisy on a grand scale' over husband's involvement in legal cannabis farminThe Independent dated 17 May 2018
  • ^ Bradshaw, Julia (25 October 2016). "British Sugar to cultivate cannabis plants in Norfolk for GW Pharmaceuticals". The Daily Telegraph.
  • ^ Mr P.R. Kenward and Miss V.M. Atkins - Engagements AnnouncementsinThe Daily Telegraph at announcements.telegraph.co.uk

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