Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8901
benjaminf@parliament.uk
Biography
Councils, public bodies
Governor, Dulwich College 2001-11;
Member, Content Board, Ofcom 2003-06;
Deputy Lieutenant, Greater London 2008-;
Chair of Governors, Isle of Sheppey Academy 2009-11
Political interests
Children and young people, media, culture and arts, sport, education, diversity, equality
Countries of interest
All Caribbean countries, France, Ghana, South Korea, South Africa, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Benjamin, of Beckenham in the County of Kent 2010
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Chief Executive Officer, Floella Benjamin Productions Ltd (company making television programmes) (dormant w.e.f. 7 December 2011)
Director, Floella Benjamin's Caribbean Kitchen Ltd (Caribbean ready meals) (dissolved w.e.f. 15 January 2012)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Partner, Benjamin Taylor Associates (partnership; manages the Member's professional activities, speaking engagements etc; receives all remuneration etc payable to Member)
Partner, Flokeith Trading (partnership; on-line shop, selling books and DVDs from Member's website)
Speaking engagement, 22 May 2012, radio campaign for South African Fruits Industry (arranged by Marketeers Limited)
Speaking engagement, 30 June 2012, Queen Anne's School, Reading
Contributor to Pop-Up Festival, 1 July 2012, Kings Cross, London
Speaking engagement, 14 July 2012, Rose Hill School, Tunbridge Wells
Fee, 14 July 2012, as Writer of the Year, Polka Theatre, Wimbledon SW19
4: Shareholdings (a)
Floella Benjamin Productions Ltd
Floella Food & Drink Ltd
7: Overseas visits
Visit with husband to Trinidad, 27 July - 1 August 2011, as guest speaker at 44th Anniversary Meeting of Caribbean Council for the Blind - Eye Care Caribbean Conference, in Port of Spain; meetings with Prime Minister and other Trinidad & Tobago ministers, diplomats and charity workers; cost of economy flights and accommodation met by Caribbean Council for the Blind
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, National Film and Television School
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Governor, Dulwich College
Chair of Governors, Isle of Sheppey Academy
Chancellor, University of Exeter
10: Non-financial interests (c)
President, Elizabeth R Broadcasting Fund
Board Member, Olympic Diversity & Inclusion Committee
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Sparks (children's medical research charity)
Vice President, Barnardos