COFEPOW - Key Persons

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Trustee

Christine Wills

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Member of the COFEPOW Officers Team
Trustee
National Events Coordinator

David Brede - Chairman

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Chairman
Member of the COFEPOW Officers Team
Trustee

Keith Andrews

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Chief Researcher
Member of the COFEPOW Officers Team
Trustee

Michael Hurst

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Director, Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society.

Mr. David Brown - Treasurer

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Member of the COFEPOW Officers Team
Treasurer
Trustee

Mrs Carol Cooper - Founder

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Founder
Honorary Life President

Carol Cooper, the original founder of the charity, was the chairman of COFEPOW for the first 16 years of it's existence. Carol launched COFEPOW as a registered charity in 1998. The first 7 years of her charity work was dedicated to raising £500,000 for the FEPOW Memorial Building at the National Memorial Arboretum. The charity successfully raised this money and the building was officially opened in 2005. Carol continued her role as chairman making sure the memorial building was taken care of with the help of a sound charity membership. Carol stepped down as chairman on 2nd October 2014, after 16 years of total dedication to COFEPOW.