Governance structure and Board membership – 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Founder
Robert Baden-Powell, OM, First Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell

Patron
HM King Charles III

Presidents
Her Royal Highness, The Princess of Wales, GCVO
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO

Vice Presidents
Wayne Bulpitt CBE
Peter Duncan
George Purdy CBE
Tim Kidd OBE
(Hon) Col Bear Grylls OBE

Chief Scout
Dwayne Fields (from September 2024)
(Hon) Col Bear Grylls OBE (until September 2024)

The Board of Trustees

The percentages indicate the number of eligible Board meetings each member attended. The Board met 11 times formally in the reportable period. Six were extraordinary meetings.

UK Leadership Team

Carl Hankinson, UK Chief Volunteer (Trustee Board Member, Nominations & Governance Committee Member and Strategy & Delivery Committee Member)

CJ Ledger, Deputy UK Chief Volunteer (People & Culture Committee Member and Strategy & Delivery Committee Member)

Craig Turpie, Deputy UK Chief Volunteer (Strategy & Delivery Committee Member and Safety Committee Member)

Elizabeth Henderson, Chief Volunteer of England (Strategy & Delivery Committee Member)

Barry Donald-Hewitt, Chief Volunteer of Scotland (Strategy & Delivery Committee Member and Safeguarding Committee Member)

Rhian Moore, Chief Volunteer of Wales (Strategy & Delivery Committee Member)

Stephen Bell, Chief Volunteer of Northern Ireland (Strategy & Delivery Committee Member)

Rob Murray, Chief Volunteer for International (Strategy & Delivery Committee Member)

Ayesha Karim, UK Youth Lead (Trustee Board Member, Nominations & Governance Committee Member and Strategy & Delivery Committee Member)

Jack Caine, UK Lead Volunteer for People

Yousif Eltom, UK Lead Volunteer for Growth & Race Equality

Lewis Dangerfield, UK Lead Volunteer for Programme

Ian Hill, UK Lead Volunteer for Safety (Safety Committee Member)

Rebecca Armstrong, UK Lead Volunteer for Inclusion (People & Culture Committee Member)

Executive Leadership Team and Committee membership

Chloe Kembery, Executive Director of Marketing and Fundraising

Mark Hislop, Executive Director of Commercial Services

Philippa Ward, Executive Director of Strategy and Transformation (until April 2025)

Matthew Killick BEM, Executive Director of Operations (until May 2025)

Matt Hyde, Chief Executive, (until September 2024)

Aidan Jones, Chief Executive, (from October 2024)

Members of the Executive Leadership Team and the UK Leadership Team, the Chief Scout and the Deputy Chief Scout, have rights of attendance at all meetings of the Board and its Committees (subject to prior agreement of the relevant chairs).

With the exception of the Nominations and Governance Committee, all Board Committees have appointed Trustee members for their specialist skills, along with one or more non-Trustee members. Additionally, each Committee includes at least one member under the age of 25.

Our advisers

Auditors
Crowe U.K. LLP
4th Floor
St James House
St James Square
Cheltenham
GL50 3PR

Bankers
Barclays Bank plc
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP

Communications
Portland
Bankside 2
90-100 Southwark St
London
SE1 0SW

Investment Managers
Cazenove Capital Management
London Wall Place
London
EC2Y 5AU

Sarasin & Partners UK
Sarasin House
37-39 St Andrews Hill
London
EC4V 5DD

Pension advisers
ENTRUST
Ship Canal House
98 King Street
Manchester
M2 4WU

Solicitors
Bates Wells LLP
10 Queen Street Place
London
EC4R 1BE

Kennedys
25 Fenchurch Avenue
London
EC3M 5AD