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Tracy Edwards MBE
Tracy Edwards won international fame in 1989 as the skipper of the first all female crew to sail around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. The Boat won two legs and came second overall in her class.
The best result for a British boat since 1977.In 1990 Tracy was awarded Sportswoman of the Year and an MBE. She was the first woman to achieve acceptance by the British yachting community and paved the way for other women, notably Dawn Riley and Ellen MacArthur to follow.
Following her groundbreaking success with Maiden, Tracy set to consolidate her position as one of the world’s top sailors by entering Trophy Jules Verne in 1998 with the Royal SunAlliance boat, again with an all-female crew. This yachting trophy is for the fastest circumnavigation around the world with no stopping and no outside assistance. Tracy and her crew broke seven world records during their two-year programme.
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Alfred Pisani
Alfred Pisani is the founder and controlling shareholder of the Corinthia Group of Companies and has been the Chairman and Chief Executive since the companies inception in 1962. He was responsible for the construction of the Group's first hotel, the Corinthia Palace in Attard, Malta . Pisani has led the Corinthia Group from a one-hotel company to a diversified group. His business interests vary from equity participation, management, development & ownership of property and industrial catering, all on the international scale.
“I am delighted to become a corporate patron for Just a Drop for several reasons. Paramount amongst these is that the charity is based upon providing the world with the essential ingredient of clean water and in a number of cases, this also benefits communities in which we operate Corinthia Hotels. This is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate our commitment as hoteliers, to working with the local and global community.”
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The Viscount Thurso MP
Following the passage of the House of Lords Bill, Lord Thurso chose not to stand for a hereditary place, where he was Liberal Democrat Front Bench spokesman for Tourism from 1997-1999 and Food 1999. Lord Thurso was a Highland list candidate for the Scottish Parliament in 1999. In June 2001, he was elected to Westminster as the MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and in October 2001, joined the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet as Spokesman on Scotland, taking on the additional portfolio of Transport in October 2003.
Martin Roberts
Martin Roberts is one of the UK’s most respected Property, Travel and Lifestyle TV presenters and journalists. Over the past 25 years he has appeared on BBC TV and Radio, ITV, CNN and Satellite TV Worldwide. He was a regular presenter on ITV’s top rated travel show ‘Wish You Were Here..?’ for 8 years and the travel editor of ‘Woman’ magazine for 15 years.
For the past Seven years he has written and presented the hit BBC property auction show ‘Homes under the Hammer’, which is shown on BBC1, UKTV Home and TV Channels Worldwide and is now in its 14th series. He is also Property Columnist for the News of the World- the UK’s biggest selling Sunday newspaper. He is the BBC’s UK and Overseas Property expert, appearing as expert speaker on programmes such as ‘BBC Breakfast’ , ‘BBC News 24’, the Jeremy Vine Show and BBC Radios 2, 4 & 5 Live.
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