The leading British industrialist. Sir Kenneth Lee, has been appointed representative of the British Industrial and Export Council in the United States.
The President of the Board of Trade, Captain Oliver Lyttleton, stated that the appointment was made after consultation with the British Ambassador at Washington, Lord Halifax, "in order to ce-ordinate and stimulate efforts being made both in Great Britain and the United. States to maintain the fullest possible volume of export trade to the United States".
Sir Kenneth Lee, who is already in the United States, will have his headquarters in Fifth Avenue, New York, in the same building as the British Empire Chamber of Commerce.
Sixty one years old, Sir Kenneth is the Chairman of the textile company Tootal Broadhurst Lee Ca., Ltd., Manchester, He has been a member of many Governmental committees, In the early part of this war, Sir Kenneth Lee was Director-General of the Ministry of Information and was a member of the recent Willingdon trade mission to South America—
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