The Vice Lord-Lieutenant is Brian Buchan
Brian studied Chemistry between 1970 and 1974 at Jesus College, Oxford, and went on to an international management career with Procter & Gamble working in the UK, Belgium, the USA, Germany (3 assignments) and Japan. His last role was as Group Vice-President and Company Officer. Upon his return to the UK in 2000, he held a number of CEO, Chairman and non-executive roles primarily with consumer goods companies such as SSL International, RHM, Burtons Foods and R&R Ice Cream.
Brian was Treasurer or Chair of Trustees for OXSRAD, a disability centre in east Oxford, for 18 years and has recently been appointed as their President. He also currently serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee of the Story Museum in Oxford and as a member of the Step Change Panel – a major funder for Oxfordshire charities. He is a former member of the Jesus College Development Committee and is particularly keen to support the outreach work encouraging children from the state sector to aspire to an Oxford University education. He is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
He was appointed a DL in March 2018 and Vice Lord-Lieutenant in January 2019.
Brian and his wife, Frances have lived in Fyfield for the last 20 years.