Appendix D: Biographical details of Lord
Kennedy of Southwark
Profile
- A strategic and dynamic senior
manager with decision-making ability and an in-depth experience
and understanding of working within a political environment.
- An accomplished manager who has worked within the political arena for the last twenty-three
years, both as an elected representative and member of Labour
Party staff.
- Possesses a high degree of
specialist knowledge regarding the workings of Central, Local,
Devolved and European Government developed through direct work
experience, as well as a comprehensive knowledge of electoral
& political regulation and legislation.
- Experience of working with
senior executives, elected representatives, stakeholders, and
volunteers as a manager and member of many different national
boards and committees.
- Excellent written and verbal
communication skills with proven ability to forward plan and successfully
deliver for a fast-moving membership based organisation.
Professional experience
Member of the House of Lords from 28 June 2010
Director of Finance and Compliance, The Labour Party,
January 2006 to date[8]
Regional Director, The Labour Party, July 1998-December
2005
Covered East Midlands, South East and West Midlands
regions
Regional Officer, The Labour Party, East Midlands,
January 1994-July 1998
Regional Organiser, The Labour Party, July 1990-January
1994
Covered Coventry and Gravesend
Retail assistant & manager, clothing store, South
London, January 1984-July 1990
Vocational experience
Justice of the Peace, appointed in 1999 no longer
sitting due to work commitments
School Governor, currently and at various times over
the last twenty-five years
Former Chair and current trustee, Labour Party Superannuation
Society, 1995 to date
Company Director, Labour Party Properties Limited,
2006 to date
Company Director, Labour Party Nominees Limited,
2006 to date
Member of the Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund Trust Limited,
2009 to date
Associate member of the Association of Electoral
Administrators, 2006 to date
Member of HS Chapman Society, 2006 to date
Councillor, London Borough of Southwark, 1986-1994
Deputy Leader and Chair of Highways Committee, London
Borough of Southwark, 1988-1991
Honorary Alderman, London Borough of Southwark, appointed
in June 2007
European Parliamentary Candidate, June 2009
8 I have made arrangements to leave the employment
of the Labour Party on Thursday 30 September 2010. Back
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