Sir Tom Shebbeare, , (born 25 January 1952) is the current chairman of Spring Films and a former chair of Virgin Money Giving, Virgin StartUp and The Royal Parks Foundation. He is the former CEO of The Prince's Trust (1988- 2003) and Director of Charities to

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. Shebbeare was educated at

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and the

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, of which he was made an honorary LLD in 2005. Shebbeare joined the UK branch of World University Service in 1973, an international development agency specialising in refugee resettlement. In 1975, he became general secretary of the

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before moving, in 1980, to the permanent staff of the

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. In 1985, he became executive director of the European Youth Foundation (a Council of Europe institution). In 1988, Shebbeare was recruited to head

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as its first full-time director. He became its chief executive in 1999 on its incorporation by Royal Charter. In 2003, he left to join the Office of HRH The Prince of Wales as director of

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,The Prince's Charities
leaving in 2011 to become chairman of Virgin Money Giving, a not-for-profit company enabling charities to raise funds cheaply and effectively on-line. In 2013 he took on the additional role of chairman of Virgin StartUp which provides advice, mentoring and finance for aspiring entrepreneurs. Shebbeare has been chairman of Spring Films Ltd since 2011. He is a former director of Delphis Eco Ltd (UK), CIM Investment Management, and a trustee of the

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(Afghanistan) and The Prince's Charities Foundation (China). He is a fellow of

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. He is married to Cynthia, a former teacher. They have two children. The great-uncle of Shebbeare's father was Robert Haydon Shebbeare, who won the

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in 1857 for bravery during the

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. Shebbeare was

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in 2003 for services to charity.

References

External links

The International Who's Who 2004, Europa Publications, pp 1535 (Sir Tom Shebbeare)

Spring Films

Virgin Money Giving

CIM Investment Management

Delphis Eco Ltd

The Prince's Charities

The Royal Parks Foundation
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