Representative Deputy Lieutenant for the London Borough of Croydon
Colonel Ray Wilkinson QVRM TD DL VR
Appointed Rep DL: 2019
A former Territorial Army and Army Reserve Officer, Ray’s service included the command of 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment, which has a sub unit based within the Borough of Croydon; he was the regiment’s Honorary Colonel up until February 2022. He has spent most of his career in the field of operations management and business performance improvement, living and working in the Borough of Croydon for 13 years.
He has served in numerous third sector voluntary appointments for nearly thirty years including being the Chair of Working with Words, a Social Enterprise producing accessible information for people with learning difficulties based in Woolwich, Governor of the Sir William Boreman Trust, a grant making trust for young people in Lewisham and Greenwich, Trustee of MCCH Society, a large social care provider for vulnerable people s based in and around London and the South East, and Vice Chair of Zetetick Housing, a charity providing specialist housing primarily for residents with learning disabilities within the Borough of Croydon and in East Sussex.
Ray is a Freeman of the City of London and Liveryman of The Drapers Company. He is married to Elizabeth, a retired Hospital Play Therapist, and they have two adult sons and a growing number of grandchildren.
Further information about the London Borough of Croydon can be found at http://www.croydon.gov.uk/