Grew up at Yorkshire’s Broughton Hall, a 16th-century Palladian building, which was so run down that it wasn’t unusual for there to be snow on the billiards table. 
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Enjoyed an entrepreneurial career which ranged from working on newspapers and in radio, to founding a national rural regeneration company, and becoming an executive chairman of a major development in North Africa. Also served on the board of two homeless charities.
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Now sees his main sense of purpose as a 32nd-generation custodian of the land at Broughton, where his family have lived since the 11th century. He took over running the estate when he was 25. Over the last 35 years, he has taken the impoverished Grade 1-listed Hall and its grounds and transformed it into one of the most innovative estates in the UK.
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Along with partner Paris Ackrill, has spearheaded Broughton into a new era, creating the modern wellbeing centre ‘Avalon’, rebranding the estate as ‘Broughton Sanctuary’, and placing it on the map as Britain’s leading retreat centre. Has also turned crumbling outbuildings into thriving hubs for local businesses and renovated numerous cottages.

Champions the need for individuals to realise their full human potential and feels society does not provide for this. Believes that through retreats and gatherings we can start to rectify and provide a safe space for personal development.
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Broughton’s offering now comprises 19 self-catering retreat houses, 130 beds, an addiction clinic and Avalon. Hosts around 50 transformational retreats a year.
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Serious about rewilding and has created what has been dubbed ‘the UK’s most transformational nature recovery project’. Planted over 350,000 trees on the estate, abandoning all shooting and industrial agriculture to let nature recover.
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A visionary and forward-thinker who believes we can put humanity back on track.