Paul Anthony Lee

Paul Lee
Chairman, Horserace Betting Levy Board
Assumed office
1 October 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown (until 2010), David Cameron (since 2010)
Minister Ben Bradshaw (until 2010), Jeremy Hunt (2010–2012), Maria Miller (2012–2014),
Sajid Javid (2014–2015),
John Whittingdale (since May 2015)
Personal details
Born

Paul Anthony Lee
January 1946 (age 70)

Paul Anthony Lee DL (born January 1946) is a British lawyer and businessperson who since 2009 has been the Chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board.

Career

Lee read Law at Clare College, Cambridge and joined Addleshaw Sons & Latham, specialising in corporate finance. He became a Managing Partner at the firm in 1991, then Senior Partner in the post-merger Addleshaw Booth & Co in 1997, and finally a Senior Partner in Addleshaw Goddard in 2001, until he retired in May 2010.[1][2]

Lee is a board member of the Confederation of British Industry, and was the Chairman of CBI North West. He has also served as Trustee and later Chairman of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester (1991–2016), as the Chairman of the Feoffees of Chetham's School of Music, and on the boards of the Hallé Concerts Society, Opera North, the Northern Ballet, the University of Manchester, and other cultural institutions.[3]

Lee was appointed as Chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport starting from 1 October 2009, succeeding Robert Valentine Hughes.[1] He was re-appointed for another four-year term starting in 2013.[2]

Lee, a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater Manchester, served as the High Sheriff of Greater Manchester for 2014–15.[4][5]

Offices held

Government offices
Preceded by
Robert Valentine Hughes
Chairman,
Horserace Betting Levy Board

2009–
Incumbent

References

  1. 1 2 "Paul Lee appointed as new Chair of the Horserace Betting Levy Board - Addleshaw Goddard". www.addleshawgoddard.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  2. 1 2 "Paul Lee reappointed as Chairman of Horserace Betting Levy Board - Publications - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  3. "Paul Lee | Board of Governors | The University of Manchester". www.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. "Duchy of Lancaster". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  5. "Greater Manchester Lieutenancy - Paul A Lee Esq DL MA LLB". manchesterlieutenancy.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
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