Patrons

At MPCT we value our friends and partners who share our mission and core values. We are
fortunate to have the support of our diverse and talented patrons who all have specialist
knowledge, skills and experiences that enhance what we do to positively impact on young
people’s lives.

Our patrons act as ambassadors for MPCT. They help increase awareness of the good work
we do, introduce us to new partners and supporters and provide opportunities and positive
experiences for our students. We are delighted to have the continued support from all patrons,
old and new.

Thank you to all of our Patrons for your continued support.

Meet our Patrons

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Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller KBE

Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller joined the RAF in 1967 and initially completed a 2-year apprenticeship qualifying as an airframe fitter. He went on to become a pilot flying the Jet Provost, Hunter, Jaguar and Tornado. He held numerous staff appointments and attended advanced staff training at the Joint Services Defence College, Greenwich. He served Read More

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Major General Paul Nanson CB CBE

Major General Paul Nanson, born 1966 was a British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and as General Officer Commanding Recruiting and Initial Training Command. Early life and education Nanson was born on 10 May 1965 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. He was educated at Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School, Crosby Read More

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Dickie Davis CB CBE

Major General (Rtd) Dickie Davis CB CBE is the Managing Director of Nant Enterprises Ltd, a Director of Terrain Clothing Ltd and Non Exec Chairman of Water to Go Ltd. Since leaving the British Army in 2015, where he served for 32 years, he has also worked as a special advisor to the Brenthurst Foundation, Read More

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Andrew Chapman

Andrew Chapman was born and brought up on a farm in East Africa. On moving to the UK he attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment. After a full career in the Army he joined Capita Plc. He is now chief executive of the Royal Humane Society, that Read More

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Tom McClean

Tom’s career reflects an extraordinary capacity for succeeding against all odds. He has a resilience bred into him from a childhood in a tough orphanage and 9 years serving with both the Parachute Regiment where he was involved in military campaigns in Aden, Malaya and Borneo and active service in the S.A.S Regiment. Towards the Read More

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Shaun Bailey AM

Shaun Bailey has been a member of the London Assembly since 2016, and is the Conservative candidate for this year’s Mayor of London election. After attending the Army Cadet Force at just aged 12, he became Sergeant-Instructor in his early twenties and stayed in the Cadets for another 10 years. Mr Bailey entered politics through Read More

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Lady Bathurst

Born in Marlborough, Wiltshire in 1965 to Christopher and Marguerite Chapman, Lady Bathurst spent her childhood with her elder brother Mark in Lyme Regis, Dorset, after her parents moved to be closer to the family ‘HQ’ in East Devon, when she was still a toddler. Read More

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Major General RJM Porter MBE FCMI

Major General Roddy Porter was educated at Sherborne School, the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (where he read for a BA (Honours) degree in German and Medieval History). After 31 years in the British Army, he assumed the appointment of Director-General, The Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL), in October 2011. Read More