Originally from Cheshire, Chris’s career was in shipping, transport, warehousing, world-wide import and export. He was self employed for 5 years building up a company which he then sold. He worked in Nigeria, prior to their oil discoveries, this began his interest in Sub Saharan Africa. 
Chris became a volunteer with FARM Africa and continued with them until Operation Imprezza was set up. This level of involvement continues today devoting all his spare time as a volunteer. He is extremely proud to lead such a fantastic team, headed by Catherine in Kenya and here in the UK where he is Chair of Operation Imprezza.

David Dupont has been a long term supporter of Imprezza, and is married with 2 grown up children.  Born in Yorkshire, and growing up just outside London, he originally trained as an Electronics Engineer and worked and lived in Farnborough (Hampshire). After taking a 2 year MBA at Manchester he switched to business planning and finance roles, and worked for a retail and property development group based in Milton Keynes.  He moved to Teignmouth in 1992 where he worked for many years in similar roles for South West Water and its parent company Pennon Group Plc including 13 years as Group Finance Director.  In his spare time he enjoys playing tennis, and also plays in a rock band. David is delighted to be joining Imprezza as a Trustee and Treasurer.

Stuart Hallam is an Anglican Priest and former Royal Marines Commando Chaplain, who currently serves as a Chaplain in the Prison Service. Stuart became a Trustee after his daughter met Catherine, our director, at Torquay Girls Grammar School, “after hearing Catherine speak at a subsequent school event, I knew I wanted to support such an inpirational person and the school and academy she founded.”

​Now retired, Mike Anthony worked for many years in primary schools and nurseries in behavior support, following a career in the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserves.
He has been a supporter of Operation Imprezza for many years, learning of it’s work from Chris Hulme and his daughter Sarah who he knew first as a scout and now as a daughter-in-law.