A spokesman for the Fundraising Regulator has confirmed that the interim contracts of both Stephen Dunmore and Lord Michael Grade have been extended by the watchdog’s board.
Stephen Dunmore will remain as the organisation’s interim chief executive until at least September 2017, while Lord Grade will remain the chair of the board until June 2017.
A spokesman told Civil Society News that the decision was made by the board, “who were keen to extend the contracts of Lord Grade and Stephen Dunmore to ensure continuity”.
This announcement comes after the Fundraising Regulator said in November 2016 that the process of finding a permanent chair and chief executive would be done through "open competition". A spokesman for the fundraising watchdog also said at the time that an announcement would be made about the appointment of a new board member "before Christmas".
The spokesman also confirmed that Gerald Oppenheim, currently interim head of policy and communications at the Fundraising Regulator, would stay on. The spokesman said that Oppenheim’s contract “will run throughout 2017”.
According to the spokesman, neither Grade nor Dunmore received an increase in salary as part of their contract extensions.
Currently, in his interim chair role, Lord Grade works at least 4 days a month and earns £500 a day. Stephen Dunmore was paid £80,000 for his work as interim chief executive of the Fundraising Regulator last year.
The spokesman said that more information would be provided by the Fundraising Regulator, after its next board meeting on 25 January.
When asked in an interview with Fundraising Magazine last February whether or not he would consider staying beyond his initial, 12 month interim contract, Dunmore said: “I have a contract and when it comes to the end, I’ll give that some thought. The intention is certainly that at the end of the 12 month period, as is absolutely right, we will go to open competition for the role of chief executive.”
The Fundraising Regulator spokesman refused to confirm whether or not the positions of chief executive and chair will be put up for open tender when both Grade and Dunmore’s respective contract extensions end in the summer and autumn 2017.
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