Robin Jowit OBE

Aged 88 and a member of the Rotary Club of Kew Gardens, Robin has been to Ukraine three times visiting schools and children charities in Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv and Zaphorizhzhia. 

Following national service as a pilot in the RAF, he studied at Imperial College and enjoyed a varied business career.  his last company, which he founded, was involved in the manufacture of high-speed machines integrating robots, lasers and vision cameras.

Actively involved in charity work from the age of 44, whilst in Portugal Robin led a team to create an old people’s home for people linked to the British community.  he also arranged for the Welsh Pontardullais choir to visit Portugal to raise money for children with physical and mental health issues. At the same time he started his life-long interest in education, as a school governor for over 40 years.