Andrew Larpent OBE, BSc - joined the Somerset Care Group as Chief Executive in June 2001. The Group is a major provider of care services with subsidiary companies providing residential and domiciliary care and training services in the South West and on the Isle of Wight .

Following a 25 year first career in the Army, which included command of an infantry battalion in Germany and throughout the 1991 Gulf War, his first civilian job was as a general manager and director of the REHAU Group. From 1997 to 2001 he was CEO of a national children's charity, Cancer and Leukemia in Childhood (CLIC).

Andrew was appointed Vice-Chair in November 05 and became Chairman in 2006.