One of Nottingham's most successful businessmen has played a role in the celebrations to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Sir Ken Olisa, who was born in 1951 and grew up in Hyson Green, is The Queen's representative in London.
He was pictured sitting next to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge during the Platinum Party at the Palace at Buckingham Palace on Saturday, June 5. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated from June 2 to June 5 in the UK and Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on February 6, 1952.
Sir Ken also made a speech before a Platinum Jubilee beacon was lit at Coutts bank in central London, on day one of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.