Wayne Bulpitt,

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(born June 1961) was the UK Chief Commissioner for

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from 2009 until 2016.

Life

Wayne Bulpitt was born in June 1961 and has lived in

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since 1983. In 1988 he married his wife Julie, with whom he has two children.

Career

Bulpitt founded a financial service consulting company, Active Group, in 2001. He is involved with a number of other companies that deal with financial services and investments.

Scouting

In 2009 Bulpitt became the first UK Chief Commissioner of The Scout Association. This was a new role in Scouting after altering the original Chief Scout role to become more focused on the promotion of scouting, leaving the managerial role to the UK Chief Commissioner.

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was appointed Chief Scout at the same time Bulpitt was appointed UK Chief Commissioner. At the end of his term, Bulpitt was replaced in the role by Tim Kidd in August 2016. In March 2014, during

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's National Council in the Sliver Springs Hotel,

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, Ireland, Bulpitt was given the highest order given to a Scouter within Scouting Ireland, the Order of CúChulainn. Bulpitt was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to the Scout Association.

References

Chief commissioners of The Scout Association People from the Bailiwick of Guernsey 1961 births Living people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{scout-bio-stub