Team
Never Such Innocence is made up of a close-knit team dedicated to engaging children and young people across the world with the centenary of the First World War through the creative arts.
PRESIDENT
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence KCVO CB ADC(P)
FOUNDING PRESIDENT
The Duke of Westminster KG CB CVO OBE TD CD DL
Founder and Chief Executive
Lady Lucy French
Chair
Leslie MacLeod Miller
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE DL
Simon Blagden CBE
Simon Brocklebank-Fowler
Rupert Collingwood
Damian Collins MP
Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL
Susan Hammond
Jono Hart
Dan Jarvis MBE MP
Colin Kerr
General Sir Gordon Messenger KCB DSO* OBE
The Rt Hon the Viscount Norwich CVO
Brigadier-General Matthew Overton
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Poole MBE MILT
Jonathan Refoy
Ben Ridgwell
Brigadier David Ross CBE
Major General David Rutherford-Jones CB
Dr Martin Stephen
Sir Hew Strachan DL
Vice Admiral Charles Style CBE
Major James Swanston
Lieutenant General Sir Barney White-Spunner KCB CBE
SPECIAL ADVISER
Sir Murdo Maclean
TREASURER
Stephen Perry
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Lucy Kentish
EDUCATION COORDINATORS
Maddie Messenger
Eleanor Stephens
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Elly Preston
TEACHERS AND ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Marty Longstaff
Bethzienna Williams
OUTREACH INTERNS
Sam Cumming
Andrew Gordon