The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has announced Squadron Leader John Peters, will be the Keynote Speaker at the BMF Members’ Annual Conference on 19 September 2019.
Squadron Leader John Peters came to international attention in January 1991 when his bruised and battered face flashed onto television screens around the world. He was captured and tortured after his RAF Tornado was shot down over Iraq during the first Gulf War.
John Peters, along with his navigator, John Nichol, described their experience in the best-selling book “Tornado Down”, described by one reviewer as the most compelling story of the Gulf War.
While his Gulf War experience tested him to the absolute limit, far from being doom and gloom, his speeches are said to exude warmth, humour and tenacity moving audiences from laughter to tears to inspired reflection.
BMF CEO, John Newcomb, said: “John shared some of his extraordinary life experiences at our Anniversary Dinner last year, when he also spoke on the RAF’s 100 year anniversary and the work of the RAF Association – the charity which supports the RAF family. Anyone who was there would attest to the power of his personal presentation and I am delighted that he is now able to share it with a wider audience of BMF members.”
The BMF Members Annual Conference and black-tie Awards Dinner will take place on 19 September at St George’s Park, Burton on Trent – the home of England’s national football teams. The BMF’s annual Golf Tournament will be held on the previous day, 18 September, at the newly-opened JCB Golf and Country Club.
A limited number of delegate tickets are still available for the event. For more information, visit the BMF website at www.bmf.org.uk/events or contact: june.upton@bmf.org.uk.
