Nigel Atkinson has been HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire since 2014 and is HM The King’s personal representative in the county.

He is responsible for the organisation of all official Royal visits to Hampshire and on the day of an engagement he escorts the Royal visitor. The Lord-Lieutenant also carries out other duties in the county, such as the presentation of National Honours and The King’s Awards for Enterprise and Voluntary Service.

The Lord-Lieutenant is involved with numerous charitable organisations around the county and is Patron or President of a number including the Blue Lamp Trust.

Susie Sheldon has been Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight since 2019.

She had a career as an Accountant with KPMG and then set up her own accountancy practice specialising in small businesses with a particular emphasis on insurance. She now runs a number of small businesses in the rural sector.

She has been a Trustee of many charities including the Hampshire and IOW Air Ambulance, Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy and the Jubilee Sailing Trust. Her voluntary support to organisations on the Isle of Wight has concentrated on Education and Youth. She has been a member of advisory bodies such as the Local Access Forum and Harbour Advisory Committee and has run a rural education programme.

Her experience as High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight in 2011, subsequently as a Deputy Lieutenant and now Lord -Lieutenant gives her a wide ranging knowledge of the wider community on the Isle of Wight.

Fiona spent 22 years practicing as a solicitor with IBM United Kingdom Limited, where she gained varied experience working in many aspects of IBM’s business both in the UK and in Paris.

As Senior Employment Counsel for IBM UK she spent her last 15 years there specializing in employment law. In 2009 Fiona left to spend more time with her family whilst her three sons were still in education. Fiona was a Governor at a Hampshire prep school for 10 years. She was Chair of the Finance Committee for 4 years and for the last 3 years, she was Chair of Governors.

Fiona has experience of governance strategy and structure, and is trained in safer recruitment and various aspects of good governance practice. Fiona lives in Hampshire with her husband

Alongside being a Trustee of the Blue Lamp Trust Fiona is also an independent director of Blue Lamp Trust (Services) Ltd

Sarah grew up and, apart from breaks when working overseas, has lived in Hampshire all her life. In her professional life, Sarah has been a chartered accountant and also worked as a tax lawyer in London, Southampton and New York.

Sarah was a Magistrate for more than 10 years, sitting in both the Criminal and Family courts. She also worked for 6 years for the Citizens Advice Bureau, has spent many years on the Board of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Youth Clubs charity and is now Chair of the appeal for Maggies Cancer Care charity for their proposed centre at Southampton General Hospital. She is also a Parish Councilor in her village of Upham.

Nick owned and ran the Seaview Hotel, Seaview for 25 years. During this time the business won a number of awards including the Meridian Television Business Excellence Award, the national UK Award for Business Excellence and the Queens Award for Sustainable Development.

Since retiring in 2005 Nick and his wife Nicky, along with another island couple, set up a charity called Building Schools for Africa. Over the past ten years they have built over 90 schools, along with medical centre’s and technical colleges, in Cameroon, West Africa. By paying all their own expenses in the UK and their travel costs when visiting the schools, every penny donated goes to the projects. Which has enabled them to raise over £2 million from worldwide donations.

In addition, Nick was a Trustee of the Isle of Wight Youth Trust, a counselling service for troubled youngsters, for 8 years until 2012.

Nick was High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight 2012/2013 and during his term he started the island Mock Trials Competition with all the secondary schools, which he still runs today.

In 2013 he was asked by Lord Nash to set up and chair a project integrating business into education. He now runs this in conjunction with the IW Chamber of Commerce and the LEP.

He is also President of Age UK Isle of Wight.

Theresa took over as CEO of the Blue Lamp Trust in April 2019.

She is an retired Royal Naval Officer who worked for the defence consultancy firm QinetiQ, running the Land Based Test Site on Portsdown Hill.

Most recently she has worked for two charities in Hampshire, one as the Operations Director and one as CEO.

Emma joined the Blue Lamp Trust in April 2014 as the Bobby Scheme Coordinator and in July 2016 took over the role of Business Administration Manager.

From her previous employments she brings a wealth of administrative experience as well as inventory, purchasing and health and safety knowledge.

In March 2022 Emma was appointed Deputy Manager.

Mia joined the team in August 2022 to administer Taxi Driver training courses and support the Taxi admin team. She has gained experience working with customers in both an admin and retail environment.

Liz started at the Blue Lamp Trust in July 2023 working within the Training and Assessment Administration Team as an Assessment Administrator. She has over 25 years of experience in administration, the last 6 years of which were spent working in education settings. Prior to this Liz has worked within government departments helping members of the public complete the census and other government surveys.

Joanna joined the Blue Lamp Trust in August 2022 as part of the Bobby Scheme admin team. She comes to us with 10 years’ experience in administration and customer service.

Peter joins the Bobby Scheme with 21 years’ of experience as a retained Fire Fighter. During this time he also ran his own property maintenance business. More recently he has been working for Hampshire Fire and Rescue as a Community Safety Officer. Peter visits Bobby Scheme clients across the North of Hampshire.

John joined The Blue Lamp Trust in November 2018 to work as a Bobby Fitter on the Isle of Wight. He previously served thirty five years in various roles with Surrey Police and is a NPIA qualified Crime Prevention Design Advisor.