Sir David Hugh Wootton
Chair of 11 charities - director of 9 companies - 14 former directorships
Board network
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Governance intelligence
50.3 years in governance · 11 charity boards · 19 company directorships (15 former) · 5 chair roles · 3 sectors · 11.9y average tenure
Calculated from Charity Commission and Companies House records - deterministic, no AI.
Boards (11)
- THE Company OF Watermen AND Lightermen OF THE River Thames Poors Fund Chair since 2023 · 3yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +1% across tenure yearsIncome trend: stableCharity Commission annual returns
- Royal Benevolent AND Educational Fund FOR Watermen AND Lightermen since 2022 · 4yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +10% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingReserves cover about 65 months of spending (latest year)Charity Commission annual returns
- THE Worshipful Company OF Woolmen Sustainability Start-UP & Innovation Fund Limited since 2022 · 4yIncome across tenure yearsIncome trend: stableCharity Commission annual returns
- THE Rochester Cathedral Trust since 2021 · 5yIncome across tenure yearsIncome -74% across tenure yearsIncome trend: fallingReserves cover about 5 months of spending (latest year)Charity Commission annual returns
- Bowyers Charitable Trust since 2021 · 5yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +38% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingCharity Commission annual returns
- THE Woolmen'S Company Charitable Incorporated Organisation Chair since 2020 · 6yIncome across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingCharity Commission annual returns
- Cross Sector Safety AND Security Communications Chair since 2015 · 11yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +161% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingCharity Commission annual returns
- Charles Dickens Centre (GAD'S Hill) Limited since 2011 · 15yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +14460% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingCharity Commission annual returns
- Morden College Chair since 2010 · 16yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +8% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingReserves cover about 8 months of spending (latest year)Charity Commission annual returns
- THE Jesus College Boat Club Trust Chair since 1976 · 50yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +28% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingCharity Commission annual returns
- THE City Arts Trust LimitedIncome across held yearsCharity Commission annual returns
Governance journey
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2006
Director - resigned 2015
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2006
Director - resigned 2012
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2008
Director - resigned 2008
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2008
Director - resigned 2020
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2009
Director - resigned 2022
- 2009
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2010
Trustee - Chair
- 2011
- 2011
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2013
Director - resigned 2022
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2013
Director - resigned 2019
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2013
Director
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2014
Director - resigned 2021
- 2014
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2014
Director - resigned 2017
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2015
Trustee - Chair
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2015
Director - resigned 2022
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2018
Director
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2019
Director - resigned 2024
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2020
Trustee - Chair
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2020
Director - resigned 2022
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2021
Trustee
- 2021
- 2021
- 2022
- 2022
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2022
Director - resigned 2022
- 2023
- 2025
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2026
Director
Showing the most recent 30 of 35 dated appointments.
Governance network
188
people served alongside
39
organisations in their governance network
Most-frequent collaborators
- Braham, Edward Charles THE Lord Mayor'S Appeal, 2026-current
- Bozhevolnaya, Lidia THE Lord Mayor'S Appeal, 2026-current
- King, Alastair John Naisbitt THE Lord Mayor'S Appeal, 2026-current
- Masojada, Bronislaw Edmund THE Lord Mayor'S Appeal, 2026-current
- Morgan, Tangy Cathleen THE Lord Mayor'S Appeal, 2026-current
- Hailes, Timothy Russell THE Lord Mayor'S Appeal, 2026-current
- Waldman, Stuart Alexander THE International Dispute Resolution Centre Limited, 2025-current
- Rosen, Howard Neil THE International Dispute Resolution Centre Limited, 2025-current
- +122 more
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Grouped by governance profile from public records - deterministic, no AI.
Same person, other records
- Sir David Wootton Confirmed 1 board
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