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Lloyd Dorfman CBE is Founder and Chairman of the Travelex Group.  He started his own currency exchange business in 1976 from one small shop in central London. In March 2001 Travelex acquired Thomas Cook's Global & Financial Services business and today is the world's largest foreign exchange and business payments specialist.

In 2001 Lloyd Dorfman won the Consumer Business Category in the UK "Entrepreneur of the Year" awards.  In 2002 he received the British American Chamber of Commerce's UK Entrepreneurial Award, and the Institute of Economic Affairs' Free Enterprise Award. He is a Non-Executive Director of M&C Saatchi plc, Deputy Chairman of Quest Ltd, a Governor of St Paul's School in London, Chairman of The Roundhouse, a Director of the Royal National Theatre, a Trustee of the Prince's Trust, and an Honorary Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford.

Lloyd Dorfman was educated at St Paul's School, and did not go to university.  He is married with three children and lives in London.