Kenneth John Nelson MBE BA MBA MSc FCMI CMgr (born 23 February 1962) is the chief executive of the social enterprise Local Enterprise Development Company Ltd (LEDCOM), Larne, Northern Ireland.[1] He began his career as a textile technologist.[2] In 2010, he was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.[3] He has served on the board of governors of Ballymena Academy and on the board of governors of the Northern Regional College. On 15 September 2011 he was one of the experts who provided the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment of the Northern Ireland Assembly with oral briefing on Enterprise NI programmes, Local Enterprise Agencies (LEAs) and procurement.[4]
In 2012 Nelson was appointed to a five-year term on the board of Invest Northern Ireland.[5] In 2016 he was appointed as chairman of Intertrade Ireland, a cross-border trade initiative founded as part of the Good Friday Agreement.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ Executive Profile: Ken Nelson, Bloomberg Business. Accessed 18 November 2015.
- ^ Our Board, Invest Northern Ireland. Accessed 18 November 2015.
- ^ Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 18 November 2015.
- ^ Minutes of Proceedings, 15 September 2011 Archived 24 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Assembly. Accessed 23 March 2017.
- ^ LEDCOM chief is appointed to Invest Northern Ireland role Archived 19 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Larne Times, 2 May 2012. Accessed 18 November 2015.
- ^ Robert McHugh, New Chairman at InterTradeIreland, businessworld.ie, 24 February 2017.
- ^ Larne Businessman Appointed to Top Role, Larne Times, 16 February 2017.
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