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A BILLIONAIRE who runs a successful insurance business based at Maidstone’s Eclipse Park has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours list. Dr Peter Cullum, chairman of the Towergate Partnership, was honoured for services to business and charity. Born in 1951 in Norfolk, Mr Cullum became the youngest person to pass the Chartered Insurance Institute fellow- ship examinations at the age of 21. He started his career with
the Royal Insurance Group, and moved through Commercial Union, ITT, Eco- nomic Insurance and Hiscox before founding the Towergate Underwriting Group in 1997. He merged the company with the Folgate Part- nership to create Towergate Partnership in 2005. Mr Cullum established the Towergate charity
along with the company, which has made many charitable donations especially to the hospice movement, including a £500,000 donation to the Norfolk Hospice. He lives in Sevenoaks. Paul Murray, from Maid-
stone, was awarded an MBE for services to education. The 56-year-old started teaching in 1975 and is now head of community cohesion at the Isle of Sheppey Acad- emy. He said: “I’m very
shocked. It’s been quite dif- ficult to come to terms with. There are lots of other peo-
ple that are deserving.” Mr Murray has spent his whole career working on the Island – at the former Danley and Cheyne
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middle schools and now at the Academy’s West site in Sheerness. He added: “The kids are the best thing about the
job – they are just brilliant. “There are lots of people I work with who are
better teachers than I am. There are lots of people that do lots of brilliant stuff with the kids – there are so many, I just happen to have been men- tioned.” Professor Ian Walsh, of Bower Mount Road, Maidstone, has been named an MBE in recogni- tion of more than 20 years’ service to highways engineering. The 67-year-old spent the majority of his career
working for Kent County Council’s laboratory, en- suring the quality of materials used for roads were of high standard. He retired in December 2009 but still offers ad-
vice to councils and also acts as a visiting profes- sor for highways engineering at the University of Ulster in Belfast. The father-of-three, who has been married to
Francine for more than 40 years, said: “I was com- pletely surprised when I was told I had been made an MBE. I have no idea of who nominated me but I am very grateful.” Other local honours: CBE – Leslie Thomas Cramp. Deputy chief ex- ecutive, Insolvency Service, Department for Busi- ness, Innovation and Skills. (Maidstone) OBE – Bobbby Cummines
(pictured). Chief executive, Unlock, for services to re- formed offenders. (Lords- wood). MBE – Leyland Ridings.
Lead member for children’s services at Kent County Council.
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