Eve Branson She was a founding member of ICMEC's Board of Directors in 1999, seeking to generate awareness of the Centre's work, and her son Richard was ICMEC's founding sponsor. She was married to Edward James Branson, a former cavalryman. He died on 19 March 2011 in his sleep at the age of 93. In 2011, Branson escaped the fire at her son's Caribbean island home on Necker Island, and Kate Winslet who was also at the house at the time picked her up and helped her down four steps. Eve Branson Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; born 12 July 1924) is
Vanessa Branson Vanessa Branson Vanessa Branson (born 1959) is the owner of the wild Scottish island of Eilean Shona and the co-owner of El Fenn, in Marrakech. She is the founder of the Marrakech Biennale and is also the sister of Richard Branson. Vanessa Branson is a champion of global cultural and ecological initiatives. As the Founding President of the Marrakech Biennale (formerly AIM Biennale) she created North Africa’s only trilingual arts festival, an event now entering its 7th edition – comprising visual art, literature and film programs featuring acclaimed international and Moroccan artists. In October 2014, Vanessa Branson was awarded the