Edward Jonathon Turpie is a film producer, businessman and
High Sheriff of the West Midlands from 2015 to 2016.
He was the founder and director of
Maverick TV
Maverick Television is a television and media production company.
Notable Maverick programmes include the health brand ''Embarrassing Bodies'', the make-over shows ''10 Years Younger (UK), 10 Years Younger'' and ''How to Look Good Naked'', an ...
.
Turpie was a board member of
Creative England
Creative UK (known as Creative England from 2010 to 2021) is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the creative industries in the United Kingdom. The business promotes the development of creative companies, which in turn support business acr ...
.
He was a Trustee of Birmingham MuseumsTrust. https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/birmingham-museum-and-art-gallery. He was chair of MAC Midlands Arts Centre https://macbirmingham.co.uk/
He is a founder member and chair of The Birmingham Ormiston Academy Group. https://www.boa-academy.co.uk/
He was made a
Member of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...
(MBE) in the 2010 New Year's honours List, "for services to international trade".
He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Birmingham City University in 2016. He embarked upon a doctoral research project in 2017 at BCU. The PhD research subject was: The Drawn Serigraph: A Investigation Through Portraiture. He was awarded a Doctorate in June 2025. https://printsanew.jonnieturpie.com/the-final-phd
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video interviewwith Turpie
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Deputy lieutenants of the West Midlands (county)
High sheriffs of the West Midlands
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
British film producers
21st-century British businesspeople
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