Jon Benjamin (Jewish leader)

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Jon Benjamin is the Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and has been in post since 2005.

Born in 1964 in Croydon, Surrey, he attended Park Hill Primary School, Dulwich College and Manchester University where he read law. After practicing law as a litigator, he moved into communal service working for several years to support educational and cultural charities before joining the Board in January 2005.