our trustees

Dick Turpin

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Dick served with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and 7th Gurkha Rifles from 1976 to 1988, before leaving the Army to pursue a career in the financial sector. He spent 30 years working in asset management, including Merrill Lynch, Baring Asset Management and ABN Amro. For his last 16 years, he was a Partner of Artemis Investment Management LLP, who were the lead sponsor of the 2011 North Pole Expedition as well as many other events over years including the Balmoral Challenge and Cycle Horsmonden. Dick retired from Artemis in 2018.

Paul Nanson

Trustee

Major General (Retired) Paul Nanson CB CBE, was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1986 and spent his early military career serving in Germany during the Cold War, in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Cyprus, Zimbabwe, Bosnia and in the First Gulf War.

Later he commanded a company and a battalion on operations in Iraq and served with the United States Marine Corps in Afghanistan. He was Chief of Staff of the 1st (UK) Armoured Division and commanded the 7th Armoured Brigade, ‘The Desert Rats’.

His last post in the Army was as Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Director Leadership (Army), and head of the Army’s Recruiting and Initial Training Command.

He retired from the Army in 2020 and has set up his own leadership business, consulting, coaching and speaking. He is Patron to the Military Preparation College for Training and the charity ‘Deptherapy;’ a trustee for the Desert Rats Association; Leadership Ambassador for the Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation; and Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Army Music.

'Having served in the military for a number of years, I am keen to try and pay something back. Waking With The Wounded has provided me with the perfect vehicle - a hugely committed organisation with shared values and a proven track record of helping those who struggle with life after service.’

Flora Mclean

Trustee

Flora is a Partner in the structured and asset finance team at Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London. She also took part in the gruelling Marathon des Sables in aid of Walking With The Wounded in 2018 in order to raise vital funds for our wounded ex-servicemen and women.

Dr Alan Finnegan

Trustee

Dr Alan Finnegan PhD RN FRCN FRSA SF FAAN, is Professor of Nursing and Military Mental Health (MMH) and Director of the Westminster Centre for Research in Veterans at the University of Chester. He served in the British Army and reached the rank of Colonel, with his appointments including: the MoD Nurse Consultant in Military Mental Health (MMH) and the MOD Nursing Advisor in MMH. Alan was Senior Military Nurse and Commanding Officer at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine during the peak of the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. His final appointment was as the first MoD Professor of Nursing. He completed operational tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, Balkans, Northern Ireland and South Africa. Since commencing at the University of Chester in 2016, Alan has been appointed as the principal investigator for over 35 research projects totalling over £8 million.

"I was working at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2010 when the severely injured casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan were being returned for definitive clinical treatment in Birmingham. The same year saw the founding of Walking With The Wounded. The Charity immediately struck a chord with the country, and ever since their charitable endeavours and commitment speaks volumes of a willingness to improve the quality of life for vulnerable veterans. It is an honour to be a member of the Board of Trustees."

Louise Kavanagh

Trustee

Louise is a qualified accountant (ACMA, CGMA), and works for Network Rail as a Finance Director. As well as financial management, Louise has a diverse range of experience, including business strategy and planning, commercial and supplier management, and organisational change delivery. Louise joined Walking With The Wounded as a trustee in December 2019, having previously been a trustee for the Charter Quality Institute.