THE TURING PROJECT ADVOCACY GROUP OF LEADING PROFESSIONALS

Lt. General Sir Robert Fry KCB, CBE

Chair of Trustees, The Sherborne Foundation. Former Commandant General, Royal Marines and Deputy Commanding General of Coalition Forces in Iraq. Vice President, Hewlett Packard.

The Lord Sedwill of Sherborne GCMG

Former Cabinet Secretary & Head of the Civil Service, National Security Adviser, Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, and British Ambassador and NATO Representative in Afghanistan. Hon. President, Sherborne Turing Foundation.

Alan Turing didn't just break codes. He broke assumptions about what machines, and minds, could achieve. Every AI system running today stands on foundations he laid. Sherborne shaped him before Bletchley defined him. This Centre both honours that origin story and points ahead. The question it poses to the next generation is simple: what assumptions will you break?

Sir John Dermot Turing D.Phil

Nephew of Alan Turing. Distinguished speaker and author. Trustee, The Turing Trust. Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford.

Kate Adie CBE DL

British journalist and former Chief News Correspondent for BBC News. President, Dorset CPRE.

The Turing Centre will celebrate Alan Turing’s work - an opportunity for Sherborne to enhance education and modern technology.

Kate Aidie CBE DL, British journalist and former Chief News Correspondent for BBC News. President, Dorset CPRE

Sol Rogers

Global Director of Innovation, Magnopus. Chairman, BAFTA’s Immersive Entertainment Advisory Group.

Innovation happens when we invest in the people and places that make it possible. The proposed Turing Centre and conference are an important step in supporting the next generation of innovators. By backing these initiatives, we’re helping to bring together creativity, research, and technology, allowing new ideas to flourish and shaping what comes next. We’re proud to support this vision and look forward to seeing its impact unfold.

Sol Rogers, Global Director of Innovation, Magnopus & Chairman, BAFTA’s Immersive Entertainment Advisory Group.

Valerie Singleton OBE

TV and radio broadcaster, and journalist.

Major General John Stokoe CB CBE

Former Commander UK Land Forces. Chairman of the Dorset Historic Churches Trust.

Rt Hon Lord Price CVO

Former Managing Director of Waitrose. Deputy Chairman, John Lewis Partnership. Chairman of Business in the Community. Former government Minister for Trade and Investment.

The Hon Mrs Charlotte Townshend DL

Vice Lord Lieutenant of Dorset. Owner, Ilchester Estates. President, Weldmar Hospicecare.

Rt Hon Sir Oliver Letwin FRSA

Former MP for West Dorset, Minister for Government Policy and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute, King’s College, London. Senior Advisor, Faraday Institution.

By linking a little-known aspect of Sherborne’s history with the breakthroughs at Bletchley Park that were partly responsible for today’s digital revolution, the project will help to show that Sherborne has not only a rich past but also a role to play in the cutting-edge technologies of the future.

Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB DSC ADC DL

Former First Sea Lord. Executive Chairman of UK technology companies. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Richard Hunt

Chairman, Hunt’s Food Group. Chair of Trustees, St Johns’ Almshouse, Sherborne.

Janet Walker

After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Janet embarked on a variety of roles in film and television in independent production, BBC and ITV, culminating in the position of Director of Finance and Business Affairs at Channel.

She moved to the education sector in 2011, where she remained until her retirement in 2025 as the Bursar (Chief Operating Officer) of Eton College. Her role included responsibility for the School's 400 buildings, about 100 of which are listed. Janet has held non-executive positions at a number of companies including Pizza Express, the Young Vic, the Design Council, Henderson High Income Trust plc and the Royal Horticultural Society. She is currently a director of the Landmark Trust.

The Lord Allen of Kensington CBE

Chair, Balfour Beatty PLC, Global Media and Entertainment Group, Invictus Games, Classic FM & British Horseracing Authority. Former Non-Executive Director of Tesco and Virgin Media, Senior Advisor at Goldman Sachs, and CEO at Compass Group and ITV.

Professor Özgür Şimşek

Director of the Centre for AI & Machine Learning, University of Bath.

Suki Fuller

International award-winning Geopolitical Strategic Intelligence Advisor, named Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2023, and serves as an intelligence and technology advisor to BBC Panorama, BBC News, and BBC World News Service.

Professor Kerensa Jennings FRSA

Digital impact specialist, board director and executive coach who helps business leaders navigate change in an AI world. Visiting Professor of Media, Strategy and Communications at the University of Huddersfield. Previously Group Director of Data Platforms at BT. Former TV producer and Head of Strategic Delivery at the BBC.

Professor Michael Dooley LVO, DL

Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset and Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Bournemouth.

As His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset, it is a privilege to reflect that within Sherborne’s walls, Alan Turing’s remarkable journey began. His life reminds us—especially our young people—that curiosity, courage and independent thought can bring harmony between ideas, people and progress, shaping a better future for all.