Raymond Stuart Kelvin CBE (born on 11 December 1955[1] in north London)[2] is the founder and former chief executive of the retail clothing company Ted Baker.
[10] In the 2011 New Year Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the fashion industry.
[7][14] A former employee created a petition in 2018 that received 2,000 signatures to put an end to his hugs and allegedly inappropriate activities with staff, as a result of an unconfirmed lack of support from Ted Baker's HR department.
[16] On 4 March 2019, following an internal independent committee investigation, it was announced that Kelvin had resigned and would be leaving Ted Baker with immediate effect.
[17][18] Mr Kelvin came back to the firm on an advisory basis about a year after the "forced hugging" scandal.