Henry Dennistoun 'Dennis' Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Coddenham, CBE, DL (born 19 July 1945) was created a life peer as Baron Stevenson of Coddenham, of Coddenham in the County of Suffolk in 1999 having previously been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1981. He sits on the cross-benches in the House of Lords. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, and King's College, Cambridge.

Stevenson worked as a market researcher for Conrad Jameson Associates in Lower Belgrave Street, Belgrave, London around 1968.

He is a businessman who was Chair of the SRU Group of Companies from 1972 to 1996. He became Chair of Halifax plc in 1999 and when they merged with Bank of Scotland he became Chair of the merged group, HBOS plc, in 2001. He was also Chair of Pearson PLC. He is Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission and Chancellor of the University of the Arts London.

External links

• Member Profile at the UK Parliament website

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