Subscribe to Whizz-Kidz NewsA knighthood for Whizz-Kidz Chairman
Whizz-Kidz heartily congratulates our Chairman – Sir David Reid, knighted in the New Year Honours list 2012 for services to Business and Charity.
Sir David was appointed Chairman of Tesco PLC on 2 April 2004 – a position he held until the end of 2011 – and got to know the charity during 2006 when Whizz-Kidz was Tesco Charity of the Year. Although the smallest charity to have won the much-prized partnership, it raised the largest amount seen by the retailer up to that year – £3.5million. It also allowed Whizz-Kidz to help over 750 children in local areas by providing vital mobility equipment. He was appointed Chairman of Whizz-Kidz in May 2008.
Mr Reid said: “This is a huge honour and a reflection of all the fantastic people I’ve worked with over the past 40 years. One of the things I have found most rewarding is the role of business in helping to change people’s lives.
“I was privileged to be chairman of Tesco Charity Trust in the UK and internationally. I have also enjoyed working with the amazing team at Whizz-Kidz, who provide wheelchairs for disabled children.”
Sir David is also Patron of the charity Caravan and in November 2010 he was appointed one of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Business Ambassadors.
Read Sir David’s full biography on our Trustees, Ambassadors, and Patrons page.
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