David Widdicombe (Trustee)

David Widdicombe has been a Trustee of AVIUK since 1999. He is a lawyer by profession and has worked in the Far East a great deal. He has been to tibet twice and has made a pilgrimage around Mount Kailash, the Indian holy mountain in western Tibet. He first visited the Ashram in 1962 and met the Mother; a few years ago he renewed his connection with the Ashram and also visited Auroville. He has now been to Auroville several times.

In the past he has been connected with the psychological teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, and with the Sufi teaching of Idries Shah.

Sonia Dyne (Trustee)

I was born and educated in England, but have lived most of my life in Singapore working in educational publishing and teaching English. I first visited Auroville in 1979 and I became president of the Sri Aurobindo Centre in Singapore in 1981, a position held until last year. I now live in England, and became trustee of AVI UK last year. I have written and lectured on Savitri and other aspects of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga.

Alan Vickers (Vikas) (Chairman and Trustee)

John Mulrey (Treasurer and Trustee)

Alan Herbert (Trustee - Auroville)

Martin Littlewood (Secretary)

I was first introduced to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother as a child, as my mother followed their teachings and was a friend of Edith Schnapper. I first visited Auroville in 1984. I became involved with AVI UK on my return, and have been Secretary for the last 19 years, visiting Auroville many times. I also work as a Management Consultant. One of my sons is an Auroville resident.