Rodney Frank Kenyon (June 1945 – 8 December 2013)
was a former Human Resources Director at British Gas and was Director of the
British Gas Engineering Academy.
[http://www.uwl.ac.uk/the_university/how_the_university_works/profiles/rod_kenyon.jsp University of West London - Profiles] In 2001, he was a Director of the
Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network
The Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network is an employer-led body sponsored by the Skills Funding Agency in England. Its remit is to encourage more employers to become involved in apprenticeships in England.
The Network is the successor body to the A ...
.
Kenyon was also Vice Chairman of
Energy and Utility Skills
Energy & Utility Skills is an employer-led membership organization that helps to ensure the gas, power, waste management and water industries have the skills they need - now and in the future.
Function
Through a range of products and services, th ...
and former
Chairman of
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was a non-departmental public body jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in England. It closed on 31 Marc ...
Region Council for London.
Kenyon was appointed to the board of the
University of West London
The University of West London (UWL) is a public research university in the United Kingdom with campuses in Ealing, Brentford, and in Reading, Berkshire.
The university has roots in 1860, when the Lady Byron School was founded, later Ealing C ...
in 2001.
He was a Trustee of
the National Gas Museum Trust and a Director of
Dyslexia Action
Dyslexia Action (formerly the ''Dyslexia Institute'') founded in 1972 is an organization, based in Staines, Surrey, England, with three main divisions:
*Dyslexia Action Training
*Dyslexia Guild
*Dyslexia Action Shop
Dyslexia Training offers on ...
.
Kenyon contested the UK parliamentary
constituency of
Houghton and Washington in the 1983 and 1987
General Elections
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
as a
Social Democrat
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soc ...
receiving 24% and 18% share of the vote respectively. In 1985 he contested the
Tyne Bridge by-election for the
SDP-Liberal Alliance finishing second to
David Clelland
David Gordon Clelland (born 27 June 1943) is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tyne Bridge from the 1985 by-election until the 2010 general election.
Early life
David Clelland was born in Gateshea ...
.
Kenyon was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the
2005 Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours 2005 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 11 June 2005 to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of
2005. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged first by the cou ...
for services to the Energy Industry.
Kenyon died 8 December 2013, aged 68.
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References
Date of birth missing
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Human resource management people
1945 births
2013 deaths
People from Brentford
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