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Who We Are

All of our staff, trustees and volunteers are determined to support the vision of our founder, Major Howson,
who was prepared to try and give wounded, injured or sick veterans their chance to obtain meaningful,
permanent work following injury during Service.

Meet the President

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Sara Jones CBE, DL


 

Meet the Vice Patrons

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Chris Rogers
 
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Professor Sir 
Bruce Keogh 
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Rear Admiral 
Lionel Jarvis 

 

Meet the Chief Executive

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Melanie Waters
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet the Finance Director

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Ken Bisset
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet the General Manager



 
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Bill Kay
 

 

 

 

Meet the Trustees

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Andrew Truscott 
 
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Bernard Cook 
(Chairman) 

 
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Colin Cook
 
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Derek Walter
 
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Eddie Hefferman MBE
 
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Hugh Player
(Vice Chairman)
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John Crisford
 
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Major General
Andrew Sharpe
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Marc Overton
 
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Mark Perowne
 

 
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Steven Monger-Godfrey

 

 

Meet the Fundraising Team

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Elizabeth George
Head of Fundraising

 

 

 

Meet the Business Development Team

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Tim Massy
Head of Business
Development
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Amy Jankiewicz
Business Development
Manager
 

 

Meet our Employability Manager and Employment Co-ordinator

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Kirsty Morgan
Employability Manager
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 Shaun Johnson
Employment Co-ordinator

 

 

Meet our Employability Consultants

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Keith Sked
Employability Consultant: South
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 Giles Harrison
Employability Consultant: North East

 

 
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 Lee Griffiths
North West Employability Consultant
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 Jane Russell
Midlands and Wales Employability Consultant

 

Meet the team

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The Poppy Factory Team