Kenneth John Nelson 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. He began his career as a textile technologist. In 2010, he was awarded the
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. 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
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with oral briefing on Enterprise NI programmes, Local Enterprise Agencies (LEAs) and procurement.
In 2012 Nelson was appointed to a five-year term on the board of
Invest Northern Ireland. In 2016 he was appointed as chairman of Intertrade Ireland, a cross-border trade initiative founded as part of the
Good Friday Agreement.
Larne Businessman Appointed to Top Role
''Larne Times'', 16 February 2017.
References
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (2010)
British businesspeople
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Living people
1962 births
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