Meet the BID Board of Directors
Orpington 1st has a board of BID Directors who give their time on a voluntary basis.
Martin Price – Chairman & BID Director
Martin has been the Centre Manager at the Walnuts Shopping Centre for eighteen years and has been BID Chairman since 2013. Previously Centre Manager at Ashford (Park Mall) and Bexleyheath (Broadway Square). Prior to that, Martin served fifteen years in the armed forces.
A keen golfer, Martin also enjoys getting out and about in his new motorhome, a little cooking, DIY, and the odd book when time permits.
Fiona Russell – BID Director
With a strong personal care background, having worked her way up from apprentice to regional / general manager with various corporate companies, Fiona decided to start her own business.
Founder of McQueen Hair & Beauty salons, trading since 2009, her entrepreneurial approach to business life has developed opportunities for growth, profit and sustainability.
Fiona is married, a proud mum, and an Orpington resident of 17 years.
Gary Valentine-Fuller - BID Director
Gary has cared for bereaved families since the age of just fifteen. In 2015 he became co-founder and co-owner of Orpington High Street Funeral Home 'Valentines Family Funeral Directors' (previously ‘Valentine & Turner’). Gary has served in the Royal Military Police/Military Provost Staff Reserve and is the active Honourable Secretary of The Royal British Legion, Orpington and District Branch.
Gary is the Founder of Registered Cancer Charity The MumMum Foundation, Co Director of PIB Network group, Co Founder of The Bereavement Café and a local School Governor.
Gary is a proud Orpington resident, married with two children.
Sia Bodbin – BID Director
Sia first started working in Orpington in August 1984 as a trainee negotiator. Since then Sia has worked for many corporate firms and also established two independent firms of estate agents.
In 2011, in partnership with his wife Sue, Sia has established Kenton Estate Agents in Orpington High Street and had recently expanded with a second office at Windsor Drive, Chelsfield.
Sia and Sue have two daughters and have lived in the area their entire adult lives.
Marie McVey – BID Director
Marie has worked for McDonalds for over 10 years' as PR Manager of BEAP Restaurants Group, helping the group - which operates nine sites across three London Boroughs - connect and support the local communities it serves.
Marie is proud to support the local Orpington community where she lives and works on a daily basis.
As the newest Director to join the board, we look forward to her valuable insight on the BIDs activities especially surrounding the prevention of crime and antisocial behaviour.