Nick Hinton
Chairman
Nick Hinton served for 27 years in the British Army, spending much of that time with the 2nd Goorkhas. His military career with Gurkhas culminated in command of the 6th Gurkha Rifles and subsequently the 1st Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles. He then worked for IBM for 20 years before retiring in 2018. He is a Trustee of various NGOs and Trusts with connections to Nepal and shortly after retiring became the Chairman of the Britain-Nepal NGO Network (BRANNGO). He helped to set up the Britain-Nepal Charitable Trust in 2024, which he also now chairs.
Alison Marston
Vice Chairman
MJ Streather
Secretary
After 35 years as a Marketer in the food industry MJ joined the Britain Nepal society as Honorary Secretary in 2015. The daughter of an ex 4th Gurkha and ex GTR Officer (Peter Attack) and the daughter in law of an ex 6th Gurkha and Himalayan Mountaineer Tony Streather, it seemed appropriate to continue her interest and love of Nepal and the Gurkhas.
Colonel Rupert Litherland
Treasurer and Membership Secretary
Over a thirty year career as a 10th Gurkha, Rupert carried out several duty assignments in Nepal and has visited since leaving the Army to trek and visit old comrades. On retirement from the Army he was the Bursar at Stowe, so when the Chairman who had taught there, tapped him on the shoulder he answered the call in an effort to try to put something back into the special relationship between Britain and Nepal. He has been the Hon Treasurer and Membership Secretary since 2013.
Kirtijai Pahari
Chairman Younger Members Committee
Kirtijai Pahari was born in Nepal and comes from a patriotic family with strong ties to the UK. He was raised in Nepal and the UK and was educated at St John’s College, Cardiff, the University of Sussex (BA) and The London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc). He is passionate about his roots and, with a background in development, had returned to Nepal from 2015-2017 following the earthquake to work with the United Nations in a national disaster response operation. Kirtijai is keen on promoting relations between younger British and Nepalese nationals and is working on further expanding the BNS membership.
(Other Committee members’ profiles to follow)
All Britain-Nepal Society Appointments
| President: | His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG, GCVO |
| Patron: | His Excellency The Ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom |
| Vice-Presidents | Mrs Celia Brown Sir Neil Thorne OBE, TD, DL Mrs Pat Mellor Sylvia Countess of Limerick CBE Mrs Jenifer Evans Mr Roger Potter MBE Mr Mahanta Shrestha OBE (also attends Committee meetings) Lieutenant Colonel Gerry Birch Major David Thomas MBE Mr Andy Sparkes CMG |
| Committee |
Mr Nick Hinton MBE Chairman Ms Alison Marston Vice-Chairman Mrs MJ Streather Honorary Secretary Colonel Rupert Litherland Honorary Treasurer & Membership Secretary Mr Kirtijai Pahari, Chairman, Young People’s Committee Ms Jane Loveless Dr Mark Watson Mrs Arati Shrestha Colonel James Birch OBE |
| Ex-Officio | Deputy Chief of Mission, Nepalese Embassy, London Desk Officer for Nepal, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Brigade Secretary, Brigade of Gurkhas (currently Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Jones) |
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