Wayne Bulpitt

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Wayne Bulpitt
CBE
BornJune 1961 (age 62)
OccupationFounder of Active Group[1]
SpouseJulie Bulpitt
ChildrenAlastair, Francesca
Websitewww.scouts.org.uk/ccblog

Wayne Bulpitt, CBE (born June 1961) was the UK Chief Commissioner for The Scout Association from 2009 until 2016.[2][1][3]

Life

Wayne Bulpitt was born in June 1961[4] and has lived in Guernsey since 1983.[5] In 1988 he married his wife Julie, with whom he has two children.[5]

Career

Bulpitt founded a financial service consulting company, Active Group, in 2001.[6] He is involved with a number of other companies that deal with financial services and investments.[7][1]

Scouting

In 2009 Bulpitt became the first UK Chief Commissioner of The Scout Association.[8] This was a new role in Scouting after altering the original Chief Scout role to become more focused on the promotion of scouting, leaving the managerial role to the UK Chief Commissioner.[9] Bear Grylls was appointed Chief Scout at the same time Bulpitt was appointed UK Chief Commissioner.[8] At the end of his term, Bulpitt was replaced in the role by Tim Kidd in August 2016.[3]

In March 2014, during

Cork City, Ireland, Bulpitt was given the highest order given to a Scouter within Scouting Ireland, the Order of CúChulainn
.

Bulpitt was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the Scout Association.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jamie Nimmo (26 August 2016). "Britains top scout wins 61 million fundraiser badge". Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ Wayne Bulpitt (24 October 2011). "Measuring what scouting contributes to local communities". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  3. ^
    Scout Association. 4 September 2016. Archived
    from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Mr Wayne Bulpitt - a free company director check". Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  5. ^ a b "UK Chief Commissioner Wayne Bulpitt - A lifetime in Scouting". Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  6. ^ "About Us// The Team Wayne Bulpitt". Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Hansa - Who we are". Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  8. ^ a b "New scout chief is an island man". BBC News. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Wayne Bulpitt announced as new UK Chief Commissioner". 17 May 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  10. ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B8.