Trustees

John joined Staffordshire Police in 1973 and progressed through the ranks to Divisional Commander first at Lichfield and, subsequently, at Cannock. In November 1991 he was appointed Assistant Chief Constable for North Yorkshire Police returning to Staffordshire in April 1996 as Chief Constable. From 2003 John served as ACPO 1st Vice President before retiring in 2006. He also chaired the ACPO Committee on General Policing which included national responsibility for Police Use of Firearms and Self Defence Arrest and Restraint. In addition John undertook the lead on Police pensions. Educated at Eton and Southampton University, John holds an Honours Degree in German with a certificate in Italian Studies. He is currently a board member of Alpha Intelligence Management Limited, a non-executive director of Keele University Science and Business Park and a board member of Communicaid Group Limited. He is also a Trustee of the Airey Neave Trust. John was a Vice-President of PMAS from May 2000 to May 2006 and was elected to the Committee of Management as Deputy Chairman in October 2006 prior to his appointment as Chairman in May 2007.

Howard Dawson was introduced to the Trust in the early 1980’s by Sir John Tilney, who served as both Chairman, and latterly, President. He is a director of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management, who took over Tilney Investment Management in December 2006. He became Honorary Treasurer in 2005, upon the retirement of Sir Nigel Mobbs. Howard is married with three children and (so far) one grandchild.

Christopher Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University, where he was President of Corpus Christi College from 2000-2010. He was the Official Historian of the Security Service and is one of the leading experts on intelligence in the country. His books include "The KGB - The Inside Story" and "The Mitrokhin Archive". He has recently completed a history of MI5.

Ed Butler retired from the British Army as a Brigadier, after an operational career spanning 24 years, much of it in command of UK Special Forces. He saw service in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans and Northern Ireland among other areas. His last tour was as commander of British forces in Afghanistan. He is now Executive Chairman of Salamanca Risk Management, a privately owned, London based specialist risk management company focusing on corporate and private security and risk management solutions. Salamanca provides effective risk consulting and security project management services, throughout the investment cycle, that enables clients to exploit opportunities whilst managing strategic and operational risks. He has been a Trustee of the Airey Neave Trust since 2003.

William Neave has been involved with the refugee side of the Trust since its earliest days, an area of particular interest to his father. He works as a Marine Reinsurance Underwriter in the Lloyd’s of London Insurance Market. William is married with 2 sons.

Patrick has lectured, taught and written extensively on religious, cultural and security issues. He is currently visiting Professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies; Senior Visiting Fellow at the Defence Academy of the UK; advisor to Cranfield University’s Resilience Centre and Guest Lecturer at the NATO school, Oberammergau, Germany. He is also involved in pre-deployment training for UK armed forces, and served as an advisor to Permanent Joint Headquarters UK and served as a cultural advisor in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Sookdheo is an ordained clergyman of the Church of England, Dean Theologian of the Church of Nigeria (Diocese of Abuja), and non-residential Canon of St. John’s Cathedral, Diocese of Peshawar, Pakistan. He is also a Fellow of the Security Institute of the UK.

Sir Kevin Tebbit worked for 36 years in public service, in defence, diplomacy and intelligence, latterly as Director of the Government’s Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. He is now Chairman of Finmeccanica UK, as Non-Executive Director of Smiths Group plc, and visiting Professor at Queen Mary, London University.