{{Short description|British scout leader}} {{Infobox person | name = Wayne Bulpitt<br><small>CBE</small> | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961|6}} | birth_place = United Kingdom | title = | occupation = Founder of Active Group<ref name=career /> | spouse = Julie Bulpitt | children = Alastair, Francesca | parents = | website = {{url|http://www.scouts.org.uk/ccblog}} | footnotes = }} '''Wayne Bulpitt''', CBE (born June 1961) was the UK Chief Commissioner for The Scout Association from 2009 until 2016.<ref name=guardian /><ref name=career /><ref name=kidd>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904193611/http://scouts.org.uk/news/2016/08/tim-kidd-news/ |accessdate=4 September 2016 |url=http://scouts.org.uk/news/2016/08/tim-kidd-news/ |publisher=Scout Association |title=New UK Chief Commissioner Tim Kidd takes up role |date=4 September 2016 |archivedate=4 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Life== Wayne Bulpitt was born in June 1961<ref name=directorcheck /> and has lived in Guernsey since 1983.<ref name=scoutbio /> In 1988 he married his wife Julie, with whom he has two children.<ref name=scoutbio />
==Career== Bulpitt founded a financial service consulting company, Active Group, in 2001.<ref name=activegroup /> He is involved with a number of other companies that deal with financial services and investments.<ref name=hansa /><ref name=career>{{cite news |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904192759/http://www.standard.co.uk/business/britains-top-scout-wins-61-million-fundraiser-badge-a3330521.html |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/britains-top-scout-wins-61-million-fundraiser-badge-a3330521.html |date=26 August 2016 |archivedate=4 September 2016 |accessdate=4 September 2016 |title=Britains top scout wins 61 million fundraiser badge |author=Jamie Nimmo |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Scouting== In 2009 Bulpitt became the first UK Chief Commissioner of The Scout Association.<ref name=bbcnews /> This was a new role in Scouting after altering the original Chief Scout role to become more focused on the promotion of scouting, leaving the managerial role to the UK Chief Commissioner.<ref name=announcement /> Bear Grylls was appointed Chief Scout at the same time Bulpitt was appointed UK Chief Commissioner.<ref name=bbcnews /> At the end of his term, Bulpitt was replaced in the role by Tim Kidd in August 2016.<ref name=kidd />
In March 2014, during Scouting Ireland's National Council in the Sliver Springs Hotel, Cork City, Ireland, Bulpitt was given the highest order given to a Scouter within Scouting Ireland, the Order of CúChulainn.
Bulpitt was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the Scout Association.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B8|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>
==References== <references>
<ref name=bbcnews>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/8055371.stm|title=New scout chief is an island man|work=BBC News|date=18 May 2009|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> <ref name=scoutbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.scouts.org.uk/cms.php?pageid=1984|title=UK Chief Commissioner Wayne Bulpitt - A lifetime in Scouting|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> <ref name=announcement>{{cite web|url=http://scouts.org.uk/news/186/wayne-bulpitt-announced-as-new-uk-chief-commissioner|title=Wayne Bulpitt announced as new UK Chief Commissioner|date=17 May 2009|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> <ref name=activegroup>{{cite web|url=http://www.activeoffshore.com/about-us/the-team/guernsey/wayne-bulpitt.aspx|title=About Us// The Team Wayne Bulpitt|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> <ref name=hansa>{{cite web|url=http://www.hansagrp.com/who_we_are/intro.aspx|title=Hansa - Who we are|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> <ref name=directorcheck>{{cite web|url=http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/907902786|title=Mr Wayne Bulpitt - a free company director check|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> <ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/community-action-blog/2011/oct/24/what-scouting-delivers|title=Measuring what scouting contributes to local communities|date=24 October 2011|author=Wayne Bulpitt|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>
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