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Peter Benson
The Hon Peter Benson LVO MA FCA ...
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| Board of Trustees The Edward James Foundation which runs West Dean College of Arts and Conservation and Gardens was established in 1964. It is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. Company no. 6689362 and Charity registration no. 1126084. The members of the Board of Trustees are: The Hon Peter Benson LVO MA FCA, Chairman Peter Benson has been a Trustee of the Foundation since 2002, and Chairman since 2009. A Chartered Accountant, his career with Coopers & Lybrand, now PwC, spanned some forty years, thirty of these as a partner in London. Since retirement from PwC he has acted as non-executive Chairman or Director for a number of commercial enterprises. He has also been substantially involved in the charitable sector, concentrating to a significant degree upon theatre and the arts. He was a Trustee of the Royal National Theatre, Chairman of the Royal National Theatre Foundation, Vice Chairman of the English National Ballet School, and has recently retired as a Trustee of Chichester Festival Theatre. He is currently on the Council of RADA, and a Trustee of the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton and Theatre 503 in Battersea. | |||||||||