UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Business and Philanthropy

Lord Bamford

Chairman, JCB

Billionaire industrialist Anthony Bamford runs the family construction business, which employs around 10,000 people. A generous donor to Catholic causes, he funded the construction of the multimillion-pound Bamford Centre for science at his alma mater, Ampleforth College. He was a financial contributor to Pope Benedict XVI’s 2010 visit to the UK.

Stephen & Mark Brenninkmeijer

Philanthropists

The German-Dutch Brenninkmeijer family owns Cofra Holding AG which, based in Switzerland, controls the C&A fashion business, a private equity company, a real estate fund and two banks. Stephen and Mark Brenninkmeijer run Porticus, a philanthropic trust, which helps over 2,000 charities and causes, and states that its “mission, vision and values are inspired by the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.”