David Young

David Young CBE

"Following his studies at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, David spent 20 years in the civil service (Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office). He left in 1982 to join the John Lewis Partnership from which he retired in 2002 as deputy chairman, having previously been finance director. David was treasurer and a member of council of the Open University 1996–2001 and has been a trustee of the Royal Air Force Museum since 1999. He is currently chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council, and was awarded his CBE for services to education."


 * Honorary Treasurer, Soil Association