Lloyd Dorfman, Founder and Chairman of the Travelex Group

Lloyd Dorfman is Founder and Chairman of the Travelex Group. Having briefly sampled the bar and investment banking, he started his own currency exchange business in 1976 from one small shop in central London.

Following the £440m acquisition of Thomas Cook’s Global & Financial Services business in March 2001, the Travelex Group has now become the world’s largest non-bank foreign exchange business.

In 2001 Lloyd Dorfman was the winner of the Consumer Business Category in the UK “Entrepreneur of the Year” awards sponsored by Ernst & Young, Citibank and The Times.

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, a Governor of St Paul’s School, London, a Patron and Deputy Chairman of The Prince’s Trust Development Board, and an Honorary Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford.

Lloyd Dorfman was educated at St Paul’s School. He is married with three children and one grandson. He lives in London.