The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) has appointed Jane Ide as its new chief executive.
Ide will take up the helm on 23 May. She succeeds Vicky Browning, who has held the role for five years.
Browning announced she was stepping down from the role in January. Under her leadership, ACEVO’s membership has increased from 1,100 to nearly 1,700 – an increase of 54%.
Ide will be leaving her current role as chief executive of Creative and Cultural Skills, a charity that works to increase inclusivity in the arts sector. Before this, she was chief executive of NAVCA for over three years, after working as head of member engagement for one year.
She has worked in senior roles at the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, NHS Clinical Commissioners, Driving Standards Agency, NHS Information Centre and more.
In 2018, Ide was the founding co-chair of the VCS Emergencies Partnership, a coalition of over 250 organisations across England that work to prepare for and respond to emergencies. It was founded in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Since then, the partnership body has been co-ordinating the voluntary sector response to Covid-19.
Ide received an OBE for services to volunteering and charity in the New Year’s Honours List 2021.
ACEVO must invest in creating 'a truly diverse generation of future leaders'
Following her appointment, Ide said: “I am beyond thrilled to have this opportunity to lead such a fantastic membership body and to build on the legacy that Vicky has created during her time with ACEVO.
“ACEVO’s core strength is its relationship with its members and the support it provides to our sector’s leaders every single day, and I am committed to maintaining and building that strength as the foundation for all that we do in the future.
“But there is also a really exciting opportunity – and a real need - to bring voices into our membership that we don’t currently hear, and to invest our energies into developing a truly diverse generation of future leaders. ACEVO’s deep commitment to developing a fairer, more inclusive and more equitable sector is one of the many factors that drew me to the role and I believe we have the responsibility, the capability and the determination to really drive change in that area.”
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