Trustees/CEO - Intaward

Meet the Trustees of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, as well as our Secretary General, John May OBE DL.

Find out more about our International Council here.

HRH The Earl of Wessex and Forfar KG GCVO

HRH

His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex and Forfar KG GCVO is the youngest child of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh and a full-time...

Dr Howard Willamson CVO CBE, UK

Howard Willamson

Dr Howard Willamson CVO CBE is Professor of European Youth Policy at the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom. He is a...

Garth Weston, UK

Garth Weston

Garth is the regional president and general manager for AB Mauri China East Asia Pacific. As a businessman with international interests,...

Andrew Smith, UK

Andrew Smith

Andrew retired as a partner at PwC in 2009. Specialising in financial services at the beginning of his career, Andrew later moved into...

Muna Issa, Jamaica

Muna Issa

Muna is a loyal supporter of the Award and has for many years been involved with the World Fellowship. She works for her family business...

Adebayo Olawale Edun, Nigeria

Adebayo Olawale Edun

Olawale (Wale) has a background in merchant banking, corporate finance, economics and international finance at both national and...

Rock Chen SBS JP, Hong Kong

Rock Chen SBS JP

Rock is the Chairman of Pacific Falcon Investment Group Limited which is engaged in proprietary asset management, venture and real estate...

The Rt Hon The Lord Boateng PC DL, UK

Rt Hon

The Right Hon The Lord Boateng worked as a barrister before becoming a Member of the British Parliament in 1987, serving for 20 years....

Paul Bell, UK

Paul Bell

Paul started his career as a journalist, writing and reporting on South Africa's transition from apartheid. In the mid-1990s he served as...

Allie Barot LLM, M.A, USA

Allie Barot LLM

Allie currently works as Chief Human Resources Officer for RXR Realty, a real estate investment firm based in New York. Her 25 years of...

Jiri Zrust

A dedicated supporter of the Award around the world, Jiri is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Duke of Edinburgh’s...

Ashok J Rabheru CVO DL

Ashok chairs the committee co-ordinating fundraising efforts between the International Award Foundation and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award...

John May OBE DL Secretary General

John May OBE

John is a campaigner, storyteller, youth worker, independent diplomat, writer, broadcaster, urban cyclist and mischief-maker who has spent...