Our Team

Martyn Bowden

Managing Director

Select Military is led by Martyn Bowden whose father John Bowden had been involved school travel industry for over 50 years, most recently Select School Travel and Select Chalets & Hotels.

Over many years Martyn has had the privilege to work with the armed forces, and always had an ambition to play a supporting role in the education, development and training of the community.

Martyn strongly believes we have the resource to deliver such an ambition and what sets us apart is the personal service, combined industry expertise and desire to make a difference.

Henri Stewart

Head of Operations

Henri grew up in and around the military and worked in  the school travel industry for John Bowden early in her career.  She served 11 years as an Army reservist, completing an operational tour in Afghanistan, following which she took a keen interest in training and mentoring combat medical technicians.

On return from Tour, she joined the Army Benevolent Fund full time, where she enjoyed ten years as Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive and Chief of Staff, before moving back into travel to help launch Select Military.

Mike Scott

Historian and Battlefield Tour Guide

Mike is a member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides Board, International Guild of Battlefield Guides, the Western Front Association, the Institute of Travel and Tourism and European Tour Operators Association.

He works full time as a tour manager, historian, battlefield guide, consultant and researcher, touring across the battlefields and historical locations of Western and Central Europe.  He considers his special interests to be the WW1 battlefields, Berlin and Eastern Europe during the Cold War, the Holocaust. However, having led groups in India and southern Africa he also considers this to be areas of interest and experience.