Our Team

Amanda Cottrell (OBE): President

Amanda is the Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. She has been awarded honorary degrees’ from both the University of Kent and Canterbury Christchurch University, and she was awarded the OBE for Services to Kent in 2011. Amanda has been the Chairman of Visit Kent since 2007, and is Vice President of the Canterbury Festival. She is a Patron of Produced in Kent, and a Kent Ambassador. She is a Trustee of Canterbury Cathedral, the Godington House Preservation Trust, Kent Wildlife Trust, Avante Partnership (formerly Kent Community Housing Trust), and the Fairbridge Trust.