Ken Nelson (businessman)

{{Short description|British businessman (born 1962)}}

Kenneth John Nelson (born 23 February 1962) is the chief executive of the social enterprise Local Enterprise Development Company Ltd (LEDCOM), Larne, Northern Ireland.[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=183924822 Executive Profile: Ken Nelson], Bloomberg Business. Accessed 18 November 2015. He began his career as a textile technologist.[http://www.investni.com/about-us/people/our-board.html Our Board], Invest Northern Ireland. Accessed 18 November 2015. In 2010, he was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.[http://www.enterprisepromotion.org/queensawards.htm Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004247/http://www.enterprisepromotion.org/queensawards.htm |date=5 March 2016 }}. Accessed 18 November 2015. 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 with oral briefing on Enterprise NI programmes, Local Enterprise Agencies (LEAs) and procurement.Minutes of Proceedings, [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2011-2016/enterprise-trade-and-investment/archive/minutes-of-proceedings/session-2011-2012-and-2012-2013/15-september-2011/ 15 September 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324083959/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2011-2016/enterprise-trade-and-investment/archive/minutes-of-proceedings/session-2011-2012-and-2012-2013/15-september-2011/ |date=24 March 2017 }}, Northern Ireland Assembly. Accessed 23 March 2017.

In 2012 Nelson was appointed to a five-year term on the board of Invest Northern Ireland.[http://www.larnetimes.co.uk/news/business/ledcom-chief-is-appointed-to-invest-northern-ireland-role-1-3798410#ixzz3rsHIPp87 LEDCOM chief is appointed to Invest Northern Ireland role] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119170105/http://www.larnetimes.co.uk/news/business/ledcom-chief-is-appointed-to-invest-northern-ireland-role-1-3798410#ixzz3rsHIPp87 |date=19 November 2015 }}, Larne Times, 2 May 2012. Accessed 18 November 2015. In 2016 he was appointed as chairman of Intertrade Ireland, a cross-border trade initiative founded as part of the Good Friday Agreement.Robert McHugh, [https://www.businessworld.ie/jobs-appointments/New-Chairman-at-InterTradeIreland-567633.html New Chairman at InterTradeIreland], businessworld.ie, 24 February 2017.[http://www.larnetimes.co.uk/news/larne-businessman-appointed-to-top-role-1-7823409 Larne Businessman Appointed to Top Role], Larne Times, 16 February 2017.