meet our team
Terence Hardy "Terry" Waite CBE is an English humanitarian and author.
Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991.
He is president of the charity Y Care International (the YMCA's international development and relief agency) and patron of AbleChildAfrica and Habitat for Humanity Great Britain. He is also president of Emmaus UK, a charity for formerly homeless people.
Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991.
He is president of the charity Y Care International (the YMCA's international development and relief agency) and patron of AbleChildAfrica and Habitat for Humanity Great Britain. He is also president of Emmaus UK, a charity for formerly homeless people.
Charlie Courtenay became the 19th Earl of Devon in 2015 upon the death of his father, the late Hugh Courtenay. He is both a practising Barrister and a California attorney.
He read theology and history of art at St John’s College, Cambridge and worked for some time in the art world before turning to law. In 2004 Charlie moved to California and practised as a litigator at the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins, where he specialised in intellectual property litigation and cross border disputes. In January 2014, he and his young family returned to England and moved his practice to Latham & Watkin’s London office. Returning to England allowed Charlie, his wife AJ and their children Jocelyn & Jack to enjoy greater proximity to Powderham Castle, his family home in Devon. In 2015, the family moved from London and made Powderham their home and Charlie assumed management of the Castle and Estate.
He read theology and history of art at St John’s College, Cambridge and worked for some time in the art world before turning to law. In 2004 Charlie moved to California and practised as a litigator at the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins, where he specialised in intellectual property litigation and cross border disputes. In January 2014, he and his young family returned to England and moved his practice to Latham & Watkin’s London office. Returning to England allowed Charlie, his wife AJ and their children Jocelyn & Jack to enjoy greater proximity to Powderham Castle, his family home in Devon. In 2015, the family moved from London and made Powderham their home and Charlie assumed management of the Castle and Estate.
For 30 years Michael Little led a group of scientists finding new ways to improve child well-being. In 2017, he left to establish Ratio, a decade long exploration of how relationships bear on human health and development. Michael participated in the staging of Carmen at Dartmoor Prison in 2017, and has joined the Prison Choir Project to find novel ways to learn about the impact of our work; on inmate performers, inmates looking on, staff and visitors coming to see each performance. If you think you know how to capture the evidence, or fund this part of our work, get in touch.
Robin Cooke-Hurle has had nearly 50 year’s experience as a professional manager, covering large companies, a software company which started in the cellar of his house and became the largest supplier of taxation software in the country, venture capital start ups and non for profit organisations. He is also Chairman of the Chole Mjini Trust Fund, a small charity supporting the community on Chole Island in Tanzania. His interest in music stems from his wife, a professional international soprano until she retired. Robin hopes to contribute administrative skills to the PCP and also develop a strategy to offer participants in PCP productions continuing support after the performances.
Adam Green was a choral scholar and read music at St John's College, Cambridge, before continuing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music and National Opera Studio. As a baritone he has sung roles at English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and Welsh National Opera. Adam is the musical director and founder of the Prison Choir Project.
Dan Scott is married and lives in Essex with Kathy and their three children. He spent five years in the army in the late nineties, his final year being spent working with disaffected teenagers in inner city London. Dan spent the early 2000s undertaking an MBA in Cape Town, South Africa before getting involved in the healthcare industry. For the last five years Dan has been providing debt and equity funding into the Sports industry, with particular focus on the football market. Dan says, “I am thrilled to be involved with the Prison Choir Charity and look forward to helping Adam deliver these exciting projects in any way I can.”
