Education
Shebbeare was educated at Malvern College and the University of Exeter, of which he was made an honorary Doctor of Laws in 2005.
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Shebbeare was educated at Malvern College and the University of Exeter, of which he was made an honorary Doctor of Laws in 2005.
He is the former Chief Executive Officer of The Prince"s Trust (1988- 2003) and Director of Charities to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. Shebbeare joined the United Kingdom branch of World University Service in 1973, an international development agency specialising in refugee resettlement. In 1975, he became General Secretary of the British Youth Council before moving, in 1980, to the permanent staff of the Council of Europe.
In 1985, he became Executive Director of the European Youth Foundation (a Council of Europe institution).
In 1988, Shebbeare was recruited to head The Prince"s Trust as its first full-time Director. He became its Chief Executive in 1999 on its incorporation by Royal Charter.In 2003, he left to join the Office of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales as Director of The Prince"s Charities. leaving in 2011 to become Chairman of Virgin Money Giving, a not-for-profit company enabling charities to raise funds cheaply and effectively on-line.
In 2013 he took on the additional role of Chairman of Virgin StartUp which provides advice, mentoring and finance for aspiring entrepreneurs. Shebbeare has been Chairman of Spring Films Limited since 2011 and of The Royal Parks Foundation since 2014.
He is a Director of Delphis Eco Limited (United Kingdom), the Chartered Institute of Marketinng Investment Management, and a Trustee of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation ( Afghanistan) and The Prince"s Charities Foundation (China).
He is a Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford. They have two children. Shebbeare was knighted in 2003.