Allen John George Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, KCVO (25 December 1932 – 25 March 2015) was a British industrialist and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
From 1996 to 2003, he was non-executive chairman of GB Railways Group Plc, a train company listed on the Alternative Investment Market which operated the Anglia Railways franchise, and which launched GB Railfreight and Hull Trains.
He was chairman of the Board of Trustees, Prince's Youth Business Trust, 1990–94 and of the Prince's Trust Council, 1995–98. He was a member of the Board of Management of the Conservative Party, 1993–98. He was a governor of LSE since 1989 and was Chancellor, Middlesex University 2000–13.
^ abcWilliam Kay (journalist) (25 September 1994). "Profile: Working-class hard man: Lord Sheppard". The Independent. from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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