The Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise

Trustees

Richard Martin, Chairman

Richard joined the Board of The Prince’s Initiative in April 2010 and was appointed as Chairman in July 2010. Having studied marketing in London, Richard was for many years Chief Executive and then Chairman of one of the UK’s largest specialist strategy and marketing consultancies, working extensively with the boards of major FTSE 100 companies and with major ‘Private Equity’ firms. He lectured on strategy and marketing at both Cranfield and Heriot-Watt Business Schools.  During his career Richard also he held senior posts at both Castrol Oil and Courage Breweries and was a member of The Marketing Society, a board member of The Management Consultancies Association and a member of The Guild of Management Consultants. Richard is also Chairman of the Prince’s Regeneration Trust Social Enterprise Company.

 

 

Richard Baker

Richard joined the Board of The Prince’s Initiative in 2001. Richard is Director of RBLS Consulting, an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Public Policy Research and an Expert Advisor to the OECD Directorate of Territorial Development. Richard previously worked for the Northern Way, a collaboration between the three Regional Development Agencies in the North of England working with the eight City Regions and a range of other partners from public, private and third sectors. He was responsible for leadership and development of the organisations £6 million policy & research programme about the economy of the North of England. Prior to this, Richard was National Development Manager at Age Concern England, leading for the organisation at national and European level on a range of issues including employment, regional economic development and equality. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he is a member of the Newcastle Fairness Commission and a member of the Advisory Group for the Joseph Rowntree Foundations Future Labour Markets programme.

 

 

Amy Clarke

Amy joined The Prince’s Initiative Board in 2009.  Amy is the Founder & Director of The Bubble Consultancy, a micro management consultancy focused on corporate social innovation. She has 17 years experience in sustainable business, corporate social responsibility and social enterprise in consultancy, charity and industry. She spent 9 years as a management consultant and has held several senior positions including heading up CSR teams at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Microsoft, as well as fulfilling the Executive Director position for Global Action Plan.  As well as being a trustee for The Prince’s Initiative, Amy also sits on the Advisory Board of The Odysseus Foundation. She has spoken at various conferences at both national and international level including the United Nations Environment Programme conference series, the Economist Sustainability Summit, the National CSR Conference and the Skoll World Forum. Amy has previously held positions as Chair of the Advisory Board for Heropreneurs and as a non executive director for Green Rewards.

 

 

Professor Mark Hart

Mark joined the Board of The Prince’s Initiative in 2007. He is Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Aston University. He jointly manages the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project in the UK which provides key metrics on entrepreneurial attitudes, aspiration and activity.  He advises a number of Government Departments including BIS, UKTI, HMT as well as the three Devolved Administrations and a number of the LEPs on enterprise issues  and has undertaken a number of national evaluations of business support products and services.

 

 

 

 

Philip Longworth

Philip joined the Board of The Prince’s Initiative in 2007. Phil is Chief Executive of Age UK Mid Mersey. Whilst in this role, he worked closely with Age UK nationally to establish the WorkWise employment initiative in St Helens, Merseyside and has overseen three organisational mergers. He has worked in both the private and public sectors and was previously Regional Employment Manager for the RNIB. Phil has also managed Rehabilitation Services for people who were losing their sight in Liverpool.

 

 

 

Tom Watkins

Tom joined the Board of The Prince’s Initiative in July 2011. Tom is a Director at Dickinson Dees LLP, one of the leading independent law firms in the UK. Tom specialises in employment law with a focus on the formulation and progression of major strategic projects such as restructuring of the workforce and outsourcing of services. He is an experienced advocate, regularly appearing in the Employment Tribunals throughout the UK, with particular expertise in discrimination issues, most notably age and disability.

 

 

 

 

Robert Wilson

Robert joined the Board of The Prince’s Initiative in July 2011. Based in Edinburgh, he is
Chairman and owner of Nelsons, the UK’s largest Natural Medicine manufacturer. The company was founded in 1860 and markets some of the UK’s most well known Natural Brands including “Rescue Remedy” and “Arnica”. Nelsons employs over two hundred people and has subsidiaries in Boston, USA and Hamburg, Germany. Robert is also a trustee of a number of other charities. He is a Board member of The Scottish Civic Trust, Chairman of The Barcapel Foundation (one of the largest grant giving charities in Scotland), Chairman of Prostate Scotland and a Governor of Kilgraston Secondary School, Perthshire.