Paul Kenward
Paul Robert Kenward is a British businessman, managing director of British Sugar and a director of several other companies.
He is the husband of the British Conservative MP Victoria Atkins.
Born in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Kenward was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford Union in the Trinity term of 1996. Kenward's directorships include British Sugar, Pride Oils PLC, Westmill Foods, BE International Foods, Seedcote Systems Ltd., Germain's Ltd., the Wereham Gravel Company, ABF Grain Products, Mitra Sugar, Davjon Food and others.
As the husband of Victoria Atkins, in May 2018 Kenward caused her some embarrassment when it was reported that he was operating Britain's largest cannabis farm. 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". However, Atkins had previously spoken out against legalizing and regulating cannabis.
