To recognise this invaluable support and demonstrate the success we have had in attracting some of the best people in business we have formed the Priority Advisory Board. By joining, the members of this board are demonstrating their implicit support for the cause and the efforts of the trust and will help us to secure wider interest.

Priority is delighted to welcome David Blood, Max Burt, Glenn Earle, Stanley Fink, Stephen Holowesko, Peter Sutherland, John Thornton and Peter Weinberg as founder members of the Priority Advisory Board and thanks them for their continued support.

David Blood is the senior partner at Generation Investment Management and was previously CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hamilton College, Social Finance, New Forests and SHINE

Max Burt runs Good, an ideas generation and marketing agency. He is an award winning strategic advertising planner and market researcher and represents the broadcast and creative industries on the employers forum on disability

Glenn Earle is currently COO of Goldman Sachs International and a member of the Presidents Group of the employer’s forum on disability. He also sits on the advisory boards of the Sutton Trust and Judge Business School

Stanley Fink recently stepped down as Chairman of Man Group Plc to concentrate on his philanthropic activities. He is a trustee of ARK and The Mayors Fund for London

Stephen Holowesko is a partner and head of trading at Holowesko Global Funds and previously worked at Goldman Sachs in London and New York. He is a co-founder and Director of Ride for Hope Bahamas and serves on the Board of Regents of Georgetown University

Peter Sutherland is Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and BP and a former Irish politician. He is Vice chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Industrial Development Organisation

John Thornton is professor and director of global leadership at Tsinghua University in Beijing and former president and co-COO of Goldman Sachs Group. He is a director of Ford, Intel, News Corp and the Pacific Century Group

Peter Weinberg is a partner of Perella Weinberg Partners and former CEO of Goldman Sachs International. Peter is on the boards of Harvard Business School, GLG Partners, Brunswick School, Kravis Leadership Institute and the Kings Academy in Jordan