Cdre Jonathan Cooke, OBE, RN

Career: joined RN 1961; cmd three submarines (HMS Rorqual 1974-76, HMS Churchill 1981-82, HMS Warspite 1980-84), Cdr submarine sea trg 1984-86, Capt 3 Submarine Sqdn 1986-89, Br Naval Attaché Paris 1990-92, RCDS 1993, Cdre MOD and ADC 1993-96; chief exec Leathersellers' Co 1996-2009; dir: Anglo-Siberian Oil Co 1998-2003, Bayfield Energy Hldgs 2011-; chm Leathersellers Fedn of Sch 2008-, Leather Conservation Centre Northampton 2009-; tstee Hosp of Sr Cross 2011-; Yr Bro Trinity House 1994; Cdr de l'Ordre Nationale de Mérite (France) 1992