About BOVF
Who we are
Trustees, policy group leads and country coordinators. Everyone here is a volunteer; nobody is paid.
Governance
Trustees
Bruce Darrington
Chair
Thailand
Chairs the Forum from Thailand and leads the policy group on spouse and family visas, an issue he has direct experience of.
Lloyd Hobbard-Mitchell
Vice Chair
Vice Chair and lead of the Frozen Pensions policy group, working on remedies a UK minister could realistically defend in public.
Craig Dickson
Treasurer
Treasurer of the Forum, responsible for its finances and for the stewardship of membership income.
Caroline Padbury
Trustee
United Kingdom
UK-based trustee, supporting the Forum’s engagement with parliamentarians and partner organisations in Westminster.
John Shardlow
Trustee and Country Coordinator
Malaysia
Trustee and coordinator for Malaysia, connecting a long-settled British community with the Forum’s work. Expects to be affected by the Frozen Pension and University Fees issues in the next ten years.
Michael (Mike) Tuffrey
Trustee
United Kingdom
UK-based trustee, bringing governance and public policy experience to the Forum’s development.
Nick Lord
Trustee and Country Coordinator
Singapore
Coordinates the Singapore branch and leads the policy group on UK bank accounts, collecting evidence on closures affecting citizens abroad.
Policy group leads
In addition to the trustees who lead policy groups above.
Simon Landy
Policy Group Lead — Higher Education
Leads the Forum’s work on university fee status for British children educated overseas.
Around the world
Country coordinators
The people who actually run BOVF where you live.
Eric Jordan & Ceri Weaver
Leads with Frozen Pensions
Edward Vickers & Colin Mason
Leads with Spouse and Family Visas
John Shardlow
Leads with Frozen Pensions
Nick Lord
Leads with Higher Education and University Fees
Colin Singer
Leads with Spouse and Family Visas
Ben Vickers
Leads with Spouse and Family Visas
Kevin Liu
Leads with Higher Education and University Fees
Graeme Lamb
Leads with Frozen Pensions
Clarissa Killwick
Leads with Overseas Constituencies
Jo Darrington
Leads with Overseas Constituencies
Iain Brewster
Leads with Frozen Pensions
David Crowley
Leads with Frozen Pensions
Volunteer
Could you coordinate a branch?
Several countries have no coordinator yet. The commitment is smaller than people expect — most branches began with one person willing to answer emails and organise an occasional meeting.