Sir Neville Trotter, DL, FCA, FRAeS, FCIT

Sir Neville Trotter, DL, FCA, FRAeS, FCIT's Biography

Forename(s)
Neville Guthrie
Sex
Male
Decorations
kt (1997), JP (Newcastle upon Tyne 1973), DL (Tyne & Wear 1997)
Date of Birth
27/1/1932
Foretitle(s)
Sir
Surname
TROTTER
Style
Sir Neville Trotter, DL, FCA, FRAeS, FCIT
Recreations
aviation, military history, gardening, fell walking, defence, study of foreign affrs

Sir Neville Trotter, DL, FCA, FRAeS, FCIT's Professional Career

Career
RAF (short serv cmmn) 1955-58; CA, ptnr Thornton Baker & Co 1962-74, conslt Grant Thornton 1974-2005; MP (Cons) Tynemouth 1974-97 (stood down); former memb: Select Ctees on Tport and Defence, Trade & Industry Sub-Ctee of Expenditure Ctee, House of Commons Armed Forces Parly Scheme (RAF) 1990-91, Parly Defence Study Gp; chm All Party Gp for Prevention of Solvent Abuse; pres Northern Defence Industries Ltd 2000-; memb Cncl NE C of C; vice-pres: Soc of Maritime Industries 1996- (former Parly conslt), Soc for Prevention of Solvent Abuse 1996-; chm British American C of C in the North East of England 1999-; regnl ambass of the NE in N America (appointed by UKTI and One NorthEast) 2008-11; Cons Parly Ctees: sec Military Aviation Ctee 1976-79, chm Shipping and Shipbuilding Ctee 1979-85 and 1994-97 (vice-chm 1976-79), sec Industry Ctee 1981-83, sec Tport Ctee 1983-84; former Parly conslt to: British Transport Police Federation, Bowrings plc, Go Ahead Gp; former dir: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co (parent co of Northern Electric plc), Wm Baird plc, Darchem Ltd, Romag plc; private bills passed on Consumer Safety, Licensing Law, Intoxicating Substances Supply (Glue Sniffing); memb: Newcastle City Cncl 1963-74 (Alderman 1970-74, chm Fin Ctee, Traffic, Highways and Tport Ctee, Theatre Ctee), Cncl European Atlantic Gp 1997-; formerly: memb Tyne & Wear Met Cncl, memb CAA Airline Users Ctee, vice-chm Northumberland Police Authy; pres: Northern Area Cons Pty 1996-2003, Tyneside branch Royal Marines Assoc 2001-; former memb: Northern Econ Planning Cncl, Tyne Improvement Cmmn, Tyneside Passenger Tport Authy, Industrial Relations Tbnl; currently memb: UK Defence Forum, Parly Maritime Gp Steering Ctee, UK Atlantic Cncl, US Naval Inst, RUSI (former memb Cncl), Air League, Railway Studies Assoc, NE Reserve Forces and Cadets Assoc (formerly TAVRA) 1997-, Cncl US Navy League in the UK, US Air Force Assoc, East Coast Main Line Business Forum; Hon Col: Royal Marines Reserve 1998-2003, Durham Army Cadet Force 2003-05; pres: Whitby Bay and Dist Scout Cncl 2004-, T S Dauntless Gosforth Sea Cadets 2006-; High Sheriff Co of Tyne & Wear 2004-05; memb Cncl: High Sheriff's Assoc of England and Wales 2005-11, Northumbria Order of St John; Liveryman Worshipful Co of Chartered Accountants; memb Guild of Airline Pilots and Navigators 2006-; FCA, FRAeS, FCIT

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